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“What’s in a name,” wrote Shakespeare in his infamous play Romeo and Juliet. “That which we cal l a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet.” Yet names speak volumes. Names let us easily convey meanings. If I suddenly changed my

name, all those close to me — and even many of those who aren’t — would wonder why; they would reevaluate my personality. Yes, soon, the dust would settle and you’d call me Sophie or Sasha or perhaps even Georgette. But I wouldn’t be the same person. A name, like a laugh, like a person-ality, like the eyes, is important to our memory and for our understanding of each other.

Part of the reason why names are so important is because they themselves hold meanings. I f ind etymologies of words fascinating, because through these little snippets, we discover what our ancestors considered important, what they thought of each other, and — especially interest ing — how language has changed as it traveled to different lands and as years passed. What inspired my recent plunge into research of name etymology was that it f inally hit me where the name Bogdan — a name of

a Romanian student I know — originates. It is a Slavic name, composed of the elements Bog (which means “god”) and dan (which means “given”). I’m sometimes slow at coming to these realizations about words, and I was amazed how simple the def inition was, always there, right in front of me; the words “bog” and “dan” are frequently used in the Russian language. I went looking for more names, and I’ve since spent countless hours on the Web site www.behindthename.com.

For example, it is no accident that the name Fido is often associated with dogs (Abraham Lincoln’s dog was named Fido); the word translates to “I am faithful” from Latin. Even many of our current common names have other meanings. The name Thomas, for example, is the Greek form of an Aramaic name for “twin.” Thomas was also an apostle in the New Testament. The name Courtney, on the other hand, is derived from a last name that possibly originated from a French nickname for “short nose” (or court nez).

And then there’s “Tatyana,” Not only is the spelling with a “y” not original, but the feminine version of the Roman name Tatianus (which was itself derived from the name Tatius) has an unknown meaning. I guess my satisfaction for my own name’s history comes from a great-great-grandmother who passed it down to me.

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michael coulter FIRST THINGS FIRST

L e n n y B r u c e w a s a groundbreaking comedian. Gr anted , i n a gener a l respect, he has nothing to do with this column, but I can use him to draw a parallel. Initially, he was just funny

— well, funny and controversial, but mostly just funny. After the government kept charging him with indecency, his comedy act slowly turned into him crusading for his freedom of speech, no more jokes and well, he became a whole lot less funny. I bring this up not to compare myself to Lenny Bruce but just to point out that I’m aware this is two weeks in a row of me ranting about the smoking ban and it’s not particularly funny. It will probably be the last for a while but I wasn’t especially done last week, so cut me some slack.

Actually, I would have kept my mouth shut for a bit longer but the president of the CU Smokefree Alliance replied to Seth’s and my columns last week and it sort of pissed me o* enough to write about it again. You can read the letter in its entirety, but I wanted to talk about one thing he wrote at the end. When writing about bars that don’t adapt to the new standards he said, “any business owner knows that those who adapt to the new regulatory environment stay in business. Those who do not +le for Chapter 11 and I shed no tears for any of them.”

Wow, I gotta say, spoken like a guy who totally knows how to party. I don’t know, maybe he’s got a good point. You can listen to him if you’d like. Last time I heard, he didn’t really live in Champaign, but that shouldn’t keep him from carpetbagging into our town and telling us how to live the way he would see +t. But that doesn’t matter, it’s a public health issue.

It seems like it’s more of a public health issue now that it isn’t working. I’ve seen their ads on television telling us how fantastic the new smokefree places are and I have to wonder where they’re getting all the money to air those. It’s almost like they’re highly funded in some way. Whatever, to be honest, the few times I’ve been out since the ban started, it was hard to say it was fantastic. It was kind of hard to say anything about it because there weren’t many people actually enjoying this smoke-free paradise. I’ve heard numbers from bar owners saying their business was down anywhere from 20 to 40 percent from this time last year. I guess something like that shouldn’t matter.

I know it’s about health and not money, because that guy told me and I should believe him because he has self-serving statistics, but this law has to be a*ecting someone in a negative way. In all fairness, it’s been really cold the last month and probably fewer people are going out. Well, that sucks, but you can’t tell me the smoke-free law isn’t making things worse. It’s just piling on at this juncture. If I were a bar owner and someone took 20 percent of my pro+ts every week I would be a little angry. If I was a bartender and someone took 20 percent of my tips away every week I would be getting really pissed. If I were a bartender and the owner suddenly realized they didn’t need as many folks working because it wasn’t busy all year around and they let me go, I’d be getting super pissed.

They can at least take comfort knowing that the smoke-free president isn’t shedding any tears for them. I’d be very anxious to know how many of the smokefree crusaders are out enjoying the bars since the ban went into e*ect. I bet they go out for a half hour, bask in their glow of self-importance and then leave after spending 10 dollars and leaving a buck for the barkeep. Well, you know what, that’s not gonna keep a bar in business and it’s not gonna do much in the way of keeping bartenders f lush either. Whether anyone wants to acknowledge it or not, bars don’t really make a living on people coming in for a sandwich and a soda. They make money o* of people drinking. Some bars don’t even sell food, so the smoke-free faction de+nitely isn’t helping them out.

So, no tears are being shed for the bar owners and consequently bartenders and maybe even the businesses that rely on the foot tra,c bars create. So places go out of business eventually and people lose jobs. Tell you what, I’ll shed tears for those folks if he doesn’t want to.

Quite honestly, I’m getting a little tired of talking about it, but as a community we probably should. The thing is, +rst you can’t smoke in bars, then it will be your car, then your home, then anywhere. That’s how these people are and how they operate. That’s all +ne and dandy if you like a well-funded group of pain in the asses dictating how you should live your life. Then, before you know it they or people like them, will tell you what movies you can see, what you can eat, what words you can say in public. It’s about as slippery a slope as you can +nd and frankly, I’d just as soon not have people like that pushing me farther down it.

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FROM CRUMBLING BACK TO GRANDEURThe Burnham310 DevelopmentERIN RENZAS • CONTRIBUTING WRITER

F or 108 years the Juila F. Burnham Hospital, later renamed the Burnham City Hospital, stood proudly at the corner of Spring!eld Avenue and Fourth Street in Champaign. Today its grandeur is remembered only in old postcards, artist renderings and newspaper clippings.

Even in below zero temperatures last week, workers labored in the crater that now occupies the place where the Burnham Hospital once was. They’re preparing the site for its new occupant, Burnham310 — an 18-story, 259-unit apartment building — and a 28,000-square-foot County Market grocery store, slated to open in August 2008. Following the development of this main block, the three adjoining parking lots that comprised the Burnham properties will become home to 69 stacked "at condominiums and other development.

The $40-million-plus development is one that will serve as a catalyst for the redevelopment and revitalization of the surrounding areas, said Joel Pickus, vice president of the Pickus Companies. The Highland Park, Ill.-based construction and development company purchased the city-owned Burnham properties for $1.3 million to be paid as the properties are ready for occupancy.

“Burnham acts as a point of entry for the campus area — it creates a visual marker and a bridge between campus and the downtown area,” Pickus said. “Suddenly you have a destination point — it’s !lling that space in with people and retail.”

Built in 1895, the Burnham Hospital long served as a landmark

in the community. The building, and its adjoining parking lots, grew to occupy nearly 5.2 acres in north Champaign. Burnham was a community-wide e#ort started by the Social Science Club of Champaign. Albert C. Burnham, a principal contributor to the hospital, named the hospital for his wife, Julia F. Burnham. In 1989 the hospital merged with Mercy Hospital to form the Covenant Medical Center.

“It was a very key hospital. It was very key to the community, but it fell on hard times and was bought and then competitors came in,” said Champaign City Council Member Marci Dodds. “I think it just wasn’t sustainable anymore. It had a long fall over a long time.”

The Burnham Hospital closed its doors in 1992. For a decade the unoccupied building quietly fell apart and with it came the gradual disinvestment in the surrounding area.

“That was the big building in the neighborhood. All the doctors moved away to other areas to be closer to hospitals that weren’t boarded up and crumbling,” Dodds said. “You had the 900-pound gorilla in the room — it came and cast a fall and ruined the area.”

The crumbling building was a tough sell to developers who, while willing to purchase the adjoining parking lots, did not want to invest the time and funding to !nance the redevelopment of the property where the facility sat, said Bruce Knight, Champaign planning director.

The area was declining.

“The [Burnham Hospital] building was becoming a blighting in"uence in and of itself,” Knight said. “It was a big empty building that was constantly having break-ins by homeless and people hanging out there, so it was becoming more and more of a problem overtime.”

The surrounding residential buildings also added to the downfall of the area, Knight said. Built in the ’60s and ’70s, the buildings had seen little reinvestment overtime. Residents moved to newer parts of the community.

“We know from police reports that as people moved out of the area to newer buildings that crime became more of a problem,” Knight said. “There was just generally disinvestment and declining property values in the area.”

In 2002 the city purchased the Burnham properties from Central Management Services for a little more than $2.5 million.

“It was falling apart. It was full of asbestos,” Dodds said. “Nobody would touch it and that is when the city !nally said, ‘We’re going to have to deal with this.’”

The city poured time and resources into the demolition, clean-up and preparation of the site.

In 2003, the city created the North Campustown Tax Increment Financing [TIF] District. The TIF district will help facilitate redevelopment of the area, according to the 2004 Burnham Redevelopment Master Plan. In 1981, the city adopted a similar Tax Incentive Financing district centered on downtown. TIF districts provide !nancial incentives to building owners in blighted areas to renovate and upgrade their structures. They capture money by devoting all property taxes above one-third of the fair market price of a piece of property to promote redevelopment.

The increment generated by future development of the area will repay the $7.815 million in bonds that were sold to fund the preparation of the site, reconstruct the surrounding infrastructure and promote reinvestment in the surrounding areas, according to the plan.

“That area has recently been kind of a no man’s land between campus and downtown,” Dodds said. “It’s underdeveloped and underutilized and the potential has always been there to create a very solid core of the community and a corridor between campus and Downtown.”

The city provided additional incentives for the developers, including $1.2 mil l ion for upgrading streets around the development, streetscaping and street lights, and storm and sanitary sewer work. It also extended enterprise zone bene!ts to the site, which allows the project to receive up to $1 million in state and local tax abatements on construction materials purchased in Illinois.

Such incentives are typical for a project of this size, Knight said.Burnham310 is just one example of recent in!ll redevelopment

e#orts made by the city, and local developers, to reinvigorate its central areas.

According to the International Economic Development Council Web site, in!ll is the process of developing open areas within an established area before developing outside of the established metropolitan area. Inf ill also refers to replacing underutilized or dilapidated facilities with new structures and business.

Cities often run the risk of expanding on the periphery of city limits, without having signi!cant reinvestment in the center of the city, said Dodds. Green!eld development and new properties built

The Julia F. Burnham City Hospital was located on the spot of the current development until it closed in 1992. It !rst opened in 1895 and doubled as a school for nursing students like these, posing under the tree in front of the hospital. Photos courtesy of Urbana Public Library Archives.

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on farmland provide less challenges and *nancial investment by developers.

“People go to the edges and they build brand new shiny things and what happens is the core — the center ring of the city — starts to decay,” Dodds said. “Nobody will go there and if you’re not careful the city starts crumbling from the center out. And that is exactly what we don’t want to happen.”

Champaign has made a conscious effort to balance peripheral growth with a strong central core, she said, adding that in*ll development is one of her top concerns.

“It’s always a balancing act and you never get it perfect,” Dodds said of city-wide development and redevelopment e+orts. “Maybe you get it perfect for *ve seconds; you blink and you miss it. You just keep working at it and working at it and doing the best you can.”

Downtown Champaign has been an area in the city that has seen increases in in*ll development in the past decade.

The One Main building opened in 2004. The Class A, in*ll development project now hosts 23 luxury condominiums and several businesses. More recently, the One Main Development group has been working on the “M2 on Neil” project. Tentatively, the nine-story building will include retail, o,ce space and 50 condominiums.

“I think the city is using every tool at their disposal [to encourage inf il l development],”

said Jon “Cody” Sokolski, CEO of One Main Development.

High quality, in*ll development can often pres-ent challenges to developers, but the end result is well worth the e+ort, Sokolski said.

“We bel ieve that we are improving the community — so in *ve years, in 10 years, in 20 years we’re going to own some of the better built properties on the market,” he said. “When other buildings start showing signs of major wear and tear, ours is going to look great still.”

The Burnham development, also Class A construction, will have a positive impact on the community, Sokolski said. The quality and design of Burnham310 will help continue to improve the Champaign market.

“I think the more we do better things, the better. The more people that raise the bar, the better,” Sokolski said. “I think that’s great for town; it’s great for the market here. I have much hope for the Burnham project.”

Both Knight and Dodds said that Burnham310 will provide a more urban neighborhood, targeted for young professionals.

“It’s not oriented for students,” Dodds said. “Will students live there? Probably, but more likely graduate students, older students, young professionals that work at the Research Park, employees of the University.”

Brian Afshar, a sophomore in political science at the University, said that he is excited about the

new development and has even placed a call about leasing an apartment in the building.

“It’s new, it’s a high rise and it has a grocery store basically in it, which is awesome,” Afshar said.

Afshar, who lives near Fourth and Healey Streets in Champaign, does not have a car and said that the proximity of the grocery store to campus would be a welcomed amenity.

“A lot of us don’t have cars and the bus is a hassle because it takes so long,” said Christos Xenophontos, junior in computer engineering at the University. “So yeah, a grocery store would be nice to have in the area.”

But Xenophontos, who lives in Urbana, said that even if there were more retail stores along the First Street corridor and the surrounding areas of the Burnham310 development, he would still shop primarily at the places he frequents already.

“I’d probably still go to the places I go to now, just out of habit,” he said.

The Burnham310 development is in line with the suggestions made in the Vision and Action Plan created by Champaign County’s Big.Small.All initiative last year, said Frank DiNovo, Champaign County planning and community development director.

The Burnham redevelopment will have a positive e+ect on the North Campustown area, said DiNovo, but he added that he was dubious about its ability to spur on signi*cant reinvestment in the surrounding area.

“The fact that people l ive in the denser environment doesn’t remove the fact that the places people will go they’ll probably go in an automobile,” he said. “People aren’t going to walk to the grocery store — Americans just don’t shop like that. We have big refrigerators. We take big shopping trips. People aren’t going to buy their toilet paper at some mom-and-pop shop.”

“The Burnham project is a great project,” DiNovo added. “I think it is a good use of public e+orts and funds and I am very supportive of the e+orts that the City of Champaign put into that project, but we have to be realistic about how much change it will have in this economic environment.”

Knight said he had high hopes for the project. Future development around the surrounding Burnham properties could include more stacked -at condominiums, row houses and a commercial corridor along First Street with shops and restaurants.

“It changes so much when you have that strong central core. It gives an energy, it gives a vitality, it gives a vigor. It gives you a nice balance,” said Dodds. “It gives people who want to have a more urban life a chance to have that; for people who want the more suburban experience, they can have that too.”

“It’s not a sure thing,” she added. “But boy, if it works, what a di+erence it will make.”

Groundbreaking for 310 Burnham Project. Photo courtesy of 310 Public Relations

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Walking further into the shelter, you notice rabbits, guinea pigs and basically any small animal you can imagine scurrying around in cages. Upon reaching the back of the building, you step into a room full of dogs in large kennels *lled with food, water and more toys.

Though you are absorbed in the world full of striped, orange cats and black labs, out of the corner of your eye you notice a person running around from room to room.

This is Kate Meghji, the shelter manager. She has only had her job for a couple of months, yet she has big plans for the shelter.

“I want to do more things in the shelter for the animals ... as far as better living environ-ments, more socialization, more programs

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with di*erent community groups ... there are a lot of groups in the community that I want to do more work with,” says Meghji.

Although she is a molecular biology major from Washington State University, she began working at the shelter a year ago because she could not get a job in her +eld.

“I started working in the lab and just kind of fortuitously moved up over the last year,” says Meghji. “I kind of fell in love with the whole animal welfare thing ... I get frustrated and angry a lot, but all in all, I really like what I do.”

Meghji has a lot on her plate: she is in charge of overseeing all shelter operations, including adoption, behavior and health. She also talks with and helps the workers, volunteers and people who are relinquishing their pets.

“I do a lot of work at home, because I can kind of zone o* and be in my own world,” she says. “Or, I come in really early or stay really late at night because usually when people are here, I’ve always got 400 things happening.”

“Sometimes when I’m stressed, I come see the dogs and it reminds me why I’m here,” she adds.

Being in Meghji’s position allows her to make decisions that affect the community around her.

“We hired a humane investigator in the fall [of last year] and his main focus is to investigate cruelty complaints, becoming more involved in the community and not focus on just this building, but more focused on the community as a whole,” says Meghji.

Another idea which Meghji already acted upon is “[starting] bi-monthly low-cost clinics for cats and they’re going to be really, really low price, because I think that’s one of the ways we can a*ect animal and especially cat overpopulation; we’re going to be doing low-cost spay/neuter for dogs on a case-by-case basis,” says Meghji.

According to her, in 2006, the shelter obtained 560 cats, 294 kittens, 555 dogs, 337 puppies and 157 rodents.

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The shelter is an open admissions shelter, which means it provides shelter to any ani-mal that needs it. However, the shelter does not take in stray animals; the majority of their animals come from owner relinquishment.

“As far as the people who come in to rel inquish, that can be one of the most frustrating aspects of this job,” says Meghji. “People have circumstances that they can’t control and that’s why they have to give their animals up. Most of the time, people bring animals in because of the landlords or because they don’t have time or the animals cost too much money.”

When Meghji directed her attention to this prolonged problem, she realized educa-tion is the key factor to help raise awareness in the community.

She is trying to make people think about the responsibility a pet comes with and their living situations before they get a pet, so the animals don’t end up at the shelter.

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viding them with shelter ... but it’s about education and teaching people that animals are wonderful companions,” passionately explains Meghji.

There might be a day, she hopes, when shelters will no longer be needed because their original owners will keep animals.

“There’s a lot we can do and there’s a lot I want to do while I’m here,” she says.

Although she will keep her three cats and one dog, she is not planning on being in this job for a long period of time.

“[I might stay] a couple [more] years,” she says. “It’s a good place to go in and use my creative energy.”

However, since she has “fallen in love” with taking care of animals, she might continue in the *eld. “I could de*nitely see myself as staying in animal welfare for my career,” she says. “Maybe not here at the shelter, but maybe at another organization ... it’s a really interesting area and I feel like it’s one of the few areas that’s kind of fallen behind.”

Kate Meghji, shelter manager, for the Champaign County Humane Society sits in ‘cuddle town’ a free-range room for cats up for adoption at the humane society in Urbana, IL.

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Never ever have I thought about hipster bands that bloggers go crazy for; bands whose resumes include being signed to Touch and Go and being booked by Inland Empire (who also books Mod-est Mouse, The Shins, Band of Horses, etc.) — bands who play on small stages at festivals like Coachella or Bonnaroo.

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GENERATION Y IS THE NEW RELIGIOUS RIGHTIf we’re going to put this nation back on

track, it’s going to have to come from people like me and you — no, not you, you old dum-bass! (I’m talking to you John Foreman!) I’m talking to you! — yhe young kid with the iPod hanging o* your ears and your +nger on the text message SEND button — yeah, you. It’s you and I who have to rise to the occasion come March of 2008, and by that I mean we should all be voting for Barack Obama.

Granted, he’s no Dennis Kucinich, but, for my vote, he’s got the goods to lead this country back to what we once were and what we can be again: A nation rooted in the ideology that, with freedom, all things are possible.

That someone on the sta* for Obama’s cam-paign had enough sense to put on !!! to warm the hearts and move the asses of those of us wait-ing to cheer on our guy just proves that we are going to see a very di*erent type of campaign this next year.

SMOKE-FREE UPDATEI have had the chance to correspond with some

folks at the CU Smokefree Alliance and I can tell you something that I know — at least one of them is totally and completely unconcerned with any kind of adverse e*ect this ban might have on local businesses. And that one person is someone who is pretty high up on the chain within their organization.

Now, I know that these people are interested in saving the lungs and breathing rights of everyone in Champaign-Urbana, but you’d think that with all of that concern about everybody’s

internal organs, they’d have some heart left to consider some people’s souls, you know?

Despite the fact that I still agree with the ban for the most part, let it be noted that being sym-pathetic goes a long way when looking to change the opinion of people’s hearts and minds, and in this case lungs.

I am proud to say that I am not a member of their organization — and if you are a member, you ought to suggest rearranging the focus of your rhetoric, Sni* it, creeps.

BAND THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW! PART IIIOk, so there is de+nitely a huge void in this

town when it comes to the “ jam band” scene. And there is a good reason for that. Jam bands, almost unequivocally, suck more ass than a $2 gigolo. Yeah, String Cheese, Moe., Umphrey’s, all of them — terrible.

Fortunately, the newest jam band in town isn’t much of a “ jam band” at all. And we can only thank God for that.

Zmick, which is the quartet formed by Dan McLean on guitar, Dan Wonsover on bass, Kris Ahrens on drums and Jack Sche* on keys, has bucked convention and can be best described as Prog Jazz meets Death Blues.

They are young and hungry — and that’s what I like best about ’em. Go to www.openingbands.com to see when and where they are playing next.

LETTERS TO THE EDITORLet in be known that you can write letters to

the editor and, assuming that you can spell your words well enough, our venerable and fearless

leader Tatyana just might publish them for you, in a Letters to the Editor section of the paper. At least, that’s what I am hoping for.

FINAL WHIFFBy this time, Valentines Day will have come

and gone — and this year, let it be known that Valentine’s Day simply wasn’t Valentine’s Day because Ca*e Paradiso didn’t do their famous pasta night for reasons unbeknownst to myself. No o*ense to Paradiso, of course, it takes a lot of work and not much pay o* to run a pasta night like that. I don’t blame them for a second. But perhaps with a little push and a petition, we can convince the wonderful Melissa Fanella to start making and bottling her famous pasta sauce. Between her “Famous Fanella’s Pasta Sauce,” Paul Wirth’s “Iron Post Bloody Mary Mix” and Tristan Wraight’s “British BBQ Sauce” we might just have a brand name on our hands.

Seth Fein is from Urbana. There is nothing quite like actually feeling inspired and proud when listening to “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Last Saturday in Spring!eld, Seth Fein put his hand on his heart and almost shed a tear. He can be reached at [email protected].


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ASHLEY KOLPAK • STAFF WRITER

2 006 was a monumental yea r for the g ang ly, groovy collective known as Guster. Last year saw the release of their new,

extremely innovative record Ganging Up on the Sun, the debut of their online “sitcom,” Joe’s Place (hop on to guster.com to check it out) and an impressive touring schedule. Just recently, the group returned from a cruise to the Turks and Caicos joined by the Barenaked Ladies, where both played shows for legions of waterlogged fans. A little sun, a lot of drunken fun and Guster — people, it doesn’t get much better than that.

But, ladies and gentlemen of CU, get ready to be the lucky ones.

On Feb. 21, Guster is set to play at Foellinger Auditorium, which serves as a bit of a homecoming for the band’s percussionist, Urbana-born Brian Rosenworcel. He moved away when he was six months old, but hey, that still counts. The band, who originally met in the dorms of Tufts University (with the exception of Joe, who joined the group in 2003), is no stranger to the CU concer t scene. Through extensive touring in support of their distinguished catalog of work, they have garnered a large Midwestern fan base, as well as multitudes of fans across the country. Besides Rosenworcel, the multi-talented band is comprised of Ryan Miller (lead vocal/guitar), Adam Gardner (background vocals/guitar/bass) and Joe Pisapia (background vocals/percussion/banjo). They are a de!nitive musical presence, complete with a frenetic, passionate live show that is not to be missed.

When asked to explain the Guster live show experience (in three words or less), Rosenworcel replied half-jok-ingly, “[It] looks really painful. Every song I’m going between two kits.”

The bre a k neck pace o f t he performance and the versatility of the band members together create an e"ervescent, expressive atmosphere. Over the years since their formation in 1991, the group has constantly evolved. “For a while, I didn’t even expect to become a musician; it sort of fell into

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“We’re wimpy, in the same way

the Beatles are wimpy. But, then

again, they had ‘Helter Skelter’.”

my lap. I was jamming, and I just kept expanding my percussion kit,” Rosenworcel said.

During the beginning stage of Guster, he said, “We were writing di* erent kinds of songs, playing our instruments as fast as we could. Now we’re a quartet. We’re addicted to changing it up. We’re more in f luenced now by ’60s and ’70s music, more classic rock.”

T h e G u s t e r sound — quirky, sweet ly melod ic a nd i n s i d iou s l y catchy — is their trademark (that, and their out-there sense of humor). When asked to describe the group’s sound, Rosenworcel said, “We’re wimpy, in the same way the Beatles are wimpy. But, then again, they had ‘Helter Skelter’.”

The “wimpy” act has produced some decidedly not wimpy music over the course of their career that fans closely identify with. “Lost and Gone Forever is a lot of people’s favorite [album]. It captured a moment,” Rosenworcel said.

His favorite? “Ganging Up on the Sun. It’s our most ambitious. It’s opened a lot of new doors. It’s one step closer to what we’re working for.”

Through all their triumphs, Guster prides itself on the fact that, “success doesn’t e* ect the way we operate. It’s been a slow progression. The crowds have shown up — it’s di* erent from when we were in our 20s, playing in empty rooms, touring in a van, staying up all night. It was exciting.” He sarcastically added, “Now we’re spoiled. We’ve

developed a routine.” A routine that includes touring with diverse and eclectic artists such as Mason Jennings, Ray LaMontagne and Ben Folds, a Guster personal favorite.

Their touring schedule has allowed fans to mingle with Guster and share their appreciation.

“We’re always + attered when people know our music. It’s s t r a ng e t h a t p e o p l e s t i l l ident i f y with songs we wrote i n co l l e g e ,” Rosenworcel said.

So, the big question: what’s next? They’ve lined up a lot of tour dates and summer shows so far this year. As for where he sees the band in f ive years, Rosenworcel replied, “Approaching 40! We want to keep making albums, keep get-ting better, keep getting closer to what we’re working towards.”

With their intr icate, a lmost hauntingly beautiful lyrics, blissful melodies and frantically entertaining live show, the talent of Guster is impossible to deny. Oh yeah, and they’re pretty damn funny, too.

Come join the fun and see Guster play with Mason Jennings at Foellinger Auditorium next Wednesday, Feb. 21. The show starts at 8 p.m., and tickets are $20 for UIUC students, $22 for the public.

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Louchiano: Audio Crack

LOUCHIANO CHILDS

[Self]

When you listen to rap and hip-hop, are you listening to the beats and rhythms or the actual words? In addition to hip-hop being dead (as Nas informed us recently), I was beginning to think that rap might be buried next to today’s hip-hop in the cemetery of embarrassment. However, after listening to a CD entitled Louchiano: Audio Crack, I am pleased to inform you that rap is still alive. However, the most intriguing thing about this CD is that it was produced by a student on the U of I campus.

The artist is Louchiano Childs. Childs, a junior in advertising, delivers unique beats in this CD that will de, nitely keep you moving in the car, on the way to class or in your room while you’re cleaning up. However, I must warn you that a lot of the lyrics have double meanings and if you’re not careful you could get lost in translation. I found myself (and I should mention that I’m not a terribly devoted listener of rap) rewinding the CD numerous times in order to really catch the meaning of the tracks. However, when my older brother — the ultimate translator of all things rap — listened to the CD, he instantly decoded all the hidden messages, witty metaphors and twofold phrases and explained some things to me that I’m still amazed by.

Covering everything from “haters” and pride to struggles, life lessons and accomplishments, Ch i ld ’s t a lent sh ines th rough h i s c lea r understanding of how to twist and use metaphors, similes, oxymorons and other tools of language in his favor. While there was some vulgarity present in the CD, each word seemed to have a speci, c purpose.

After listening to this CD, I have a better appreciation for the art of rap. Whether you’re a fan of rap or not, you’ll appreciate Child’s work of art and have a lot of “a-ha” moments. You’ll be proud of yourself when you decipher some of the Louchi-codes, and even if you don’t catch them all, you’ll be too busy jamming to his mesmerizing beats to care too much. Remember this guy’s name because you’ll be hearing it a lot more throughout his mission to keep rap alive.

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T his Saturday, Ann Arbor’s rock quintet Tally Hall will bring their always eclectic, never static sound to the Courtyard Café. With an arsenal of genres at their disposal, Tally Hall

packs more variety into one song than a lesser band could manage in a full album.

Drummer Ross Federman, who dons a silver tie, described the band’s style as “a mixed bag of all sorts of things. The main kind of rock/pop-rock is there, but we try not to l imit ourselves by that.”

Tally Hall’s debut album, Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum, strings together 14 songs that manage to substantially di*er from each other, as well as from the pop/rock scene.

Just look at “The Bidding” versus “Two Wuv,” for example. The former is a pop/rap song about a date auction, given a strong backbone by a dark choral loop and a poppy refrain. The latter is an unabashed ode to Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen reminiscent of “Stacy’s Mom.”

“We tend to think of each song as an independent composition,” said guitarist and vocalist Rob Cantor, who sports a yellow tie. “Rather than giving our band a sound, we tend to give our songs a sound.”

Whether it is the catchy chorus of “Greener,”

or the lyr ical antics of “Banana Man,” the album is sure to satisfy the appetites of many musical connoisseurs.

The f ive members themselves play fairly standard instruments for a rock band — two guitars, drums, a bass and keyboards — but they rarely limit themselves to that scope.

Guest artists have recorded on several of the album’s tracks. “Be Born” features a banjo, violin and an upright bass, and “Taken for a Ride” has a plethora of support which includes a cello, french horns, a saxophone, a viola and a choir.

The group drew inspiration for their album from the actual place in Farmington Hil ls, Mich., called Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum. The museum houses a col lection of v intage coin-operated games, such a s love testers and fortune tellers.

The museum i s the on ly pa r t of the mini-mal l ca l led Ta l ly Hal l that remains open for business. In addition to the games are airplanes, carousels, antiques and robots, among an assortment of oddities.

“You could walk in there and see 10 things that you’ve never seen before, even if you’ve been there 100 times,” said Cantor.

He added that he feels that way about Tally Hall’s music.

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“If you go into a museum and look around, you get a certain sense of what’s in there,” said Federman. “Listening through the album, you kind of get the same feelings.”

When Tally Hall takes the stage on Saturday, be prepared for anything.

“We l ike to make each show a unique experience and so we enjoy spontaneity and interacting with the people there,” said Cantor.

The band connects with their fans at live shows across the country.

“The live show is really fun,” said Jon Pope, a University senior. “You almost feel like a part of the show, and not so much like a member of the audience.”

This Saturday will be Pope’s fourth time seeing Tally Hall live. He enjoys the interactive environment of their shows.

“You can yell stu* out at them and they’ll acknowledge you or yell back,” he said.

Pope said he bought their album after the + rst time he saw them.

“Their music is really catchy,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve introduced the music to anyone that hasn’t liked it.”

Federman and Cantor agreed that their favorite songs to play change from night to night.

“You feel each song di* erently every night based on the environment you play it in,” Federman said.

Tally Hall will take their live show to the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, next month for the second consecutive year. Over 1,300 acts will play, including Against Me!, Chicago-based Cat+ sh Haven and local group Headlights.

Federman said the experience last year opened his eyes to many bands and artists that he did not know were out there.

Ta l ly Ha l l has had plenty of exposure, drawing the attention of publications across the count r y, includ ing The Los Angel e s Times and The Boston Herald. The group also recorded a cover of The Killers’ “Smile Like You Mean It” for The OC ’s sixth volume of thei r soundt rack ser ie s . The cover i s a thorough reinvention of the original. Tally Hall took the song, particularly the chorus, in an entirely new direction.

Looking ahead, a new album is not yet on the horizon, but the band is sti l l managing a full schedule.

“We’re working everyday, all day on a couple projects that we are real ly excited about,” Cantor said.

Cantor and Federman mentioned a video project and some additions to the live show, but said they want to keep some things secret for a while.

At the end of the day, the band is receiving good feedback.

“What it comes down to ultimately is are you seeing any type of response,” said Cantor. “We’ve seen our crowds growing in cities ... it becomes obvious that all the work that was put into it is actually making a di* erence.”

Come check out Tally Hall at the Courtyard Cafe this Saturday night at 9 p.m. The show is all ages, and tickets are $5 for UIUC stu-dents, $7 for the general public.

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Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?

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ANDY GLAYSHER • STAFF WRITER

Of Montreal have been known to liken themselves to The Beach Boys, and after listening to Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?,it’s easy to see why: Kevin Barnes is the second coming of Brian Wilson. His enviable ability to write catchy pop songs that retain distinctiveness through their gloomy subtext is something seen in very few songwriters today. Furthermore, he has an ear for composing complex vocal arrangements that rival even some of Queen’s most epic masterpieces such as “Bohemian Rhapsody” or “March of the Black Queen.” What really makes Barnes a genius is his aptness to manipulate every + ber of a recording studio so that the resulting sound is something dense, beautiful, unusual, bewitching and, above al l, sonically unique. Fluttering from the speakers, his spirited voice sounds like a songbird at one moment, and a swelling gospel choir two seconds later. The music itself is just as dynamic, sending my iTunes visualizer into overdrive with its frequent and unexpected shifts in tempos, rhythms and textures.

Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, although not as catchy as 2005’s The Sunlandic Twins, is just as, if not more satisfying than its predecessor. It’s a much more personal album, lending itself to listener empathy and narrowed interpretations. Barnes admits that it was written and recorded throughout one of the darkest periods of his life — a time characterized by extreme depression and anxiety. This is portrayed musically within the + rst half of the album on songs like “Cato as a Pun,” “Gronlandic Edit,” and “A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger” in which Barnes laments, “I spent the winter on the verge of total breakdown while living in Norway/I felt the darkness of the black metal bands.” Concluding with “The Past is a Grotesque Animal,” the + rst half of the album dissolves into a soulful + ve-song set that marks a turning point in the album. It is here, in the second half, that both the music and the lyrics elevate from a state of melancholy to a state of de+ ance and resilience.

Within the 12-song pop jungle that is Hissing Fauna, every human emotion is exposed in one way or another, and that’s ultimately what makes of Montreal so accessible. Even the album artwork, conceived by Barnes’ brother, David, is supposed to represent the six moods that he expe-rienced while listening to it.

Although the music can be too pretentious for its own good at times, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? is an album that will undoubtedly drop jaws for many years to come.

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tional at Cowboy Mon-key. The group raises money for local charities which help women and children who are vic-tims of rape, abuse and domestic violence. This

year, several great acts have donated their time to be a part of the cause. Announced for Sun-day’s show: Pulsar47, Casados, Mad Science Fair, Watery Domestic, HypnoMusicCorp, Coco Coca and The Pat Mustain Band. This is a great lineup that spans several genres, so on top of supporting an excellent cause, you also get to see a great show. Three of the bands were part of this year’s Great Cover Up, so you might even see some encore performances. Check out www.vdayuiuc.com for more info.

Speaking of benef its, the tr ibute to Paul Martin last week was a great event. Sadly, the date had to be moved to the Monday after my column had already been turned in (saying that it was Tuesday), but the word got around. Thanks to everyone who attended.

Tonight (Thursday) there are plenty of shows worth checking out should you decide to brave the cold. At 7 p.m. at the Iron Post, $2 will get you two U of I jazz combos. At 8 p.m. you can catch a Courtyard Café show with Triple Whip, Coco Coca, Sam Vicari and Watery Domestic for only $3. Zorba’s will be o*ering its weekly jazz showcase starting at 9:30 p.m., this week featuring Ear Doctor. A block away at 10 p.m., Larry Gates will +re up three sets of covers and originals at Bar Louie (no cover). Downtown Champaign’s Cowboy Monkey hosts funk-rock band Brother Embassy (a veritable cornucopia of culture), with the Duke of Uke and a late set from rapper Krukid. Showtime is 10 p.m., with a $5 cover.

Friday features the war of the jazz happy hours, as the Iron Post hosts the Je! Helgesen Quintet, while Cowboy Monkey hosts the New Orleans Jazz Machine. Both places are great for happy hour, and the music is tasty. Oh, but wait, the Iron Post set starts at 5 p.m., while Cowboy Monkey doesn’t start until 5:30 p.m. Take that, Cowboy Monkey! Earliness right at ya!

For those wanting to see a little less jazz and a little more of a guy in black singing low like it’s his job (hey, wait, it is!), you can check out Man In Black, a Johnny Cash tribute group, at the Canopy Club. And it’s only $10 for a whole night of Cash covers. The show starts at 7 p.m.

Radio listeners can tune into 90.1 WEFT at 6 p.m. for Dave Witzany’s weekly show about upcoming shows in the CU area. This week he’ll have a guest in Dennis Stroughmatt, who will talk about Cajun, Zydeco and Creole music, and also about his show at the Iron Post later in the

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evening. If you’re in the downtown area and want to stop into the station to catch a possible live performance, Dave surely won’t mind. The sta-tion is on Market Street, just north of the Mike ’n Molly’s beer garden.

At the Highdive, The Bott le Rockets(Bloodshot Records) will play with The Tractor Kings and the Delta Kings. The Bottle Rockets may have to have a name change to +t in. Cover is $12, and the show begins at 9 p.m.

The best band in the country with a Biz Markie cover in its back pocket, Tally Hall, will return to Champaign yet again on Saturday. This time the band will hit the Courtyard Café stage, carrying only a $7 cover. I’ve mentioned the Biz Markie cover before, and the last time the band was here they even opened with a full-length cover of “Freebird” (take that, “Freebird” request guy!), but the band’s originals really are quite good. They also tend to be much better in a live setting than on record, I think. The harmonies are great, and the humorous bits are done well. If you haven’t seen this band yet, do so soon. This might be your last chance to do so at such a low price, as placement in shows like The OC and performances on late-night shows are quickly rocketing the guys to the next level.

Also on Saturday, DJ Dan the Automator(Gorillaz) will do a set at the Highdive. The show is sponsored by Bacardi, which means tons of free ticket giveaways, so keep an eye out. A late set by DJ Tim Williams will follow.

I already mentioned Sunday’s V-Day Bene+t, but there will also be a new installment of Jane Boxall’s 7-9 Sundays series at the Iron Post. This week’s show features Jane’s band (Triple Whip), plus Ryan Gro! (of elsinore) and Nonagon. Three very di*erent acts in two hours, and for only $3.50, it’s a pretty cool idea.

Sundays also have another new series, this time at the Canopy Club, where New Sound Sundays will o*er three new bands for only $1. This week’s show features Brilliance In A Bun, Dirty Nick and the Bandits and Turning Down Today. Look for drink specials as well. Check out www.canopyclub.com for more info.

As I’m sure someone else will cover Guster/Mason Jennings, I’ l l just say that if you’re as tired as I am of shows like that, you can leave your Abercrombie visor and COLLEGE shirt at home and head to the Iron Post to catch some excellent jazz. Jazz, though, isn’t a broad enough word to cover al l that Jazz Sandwich does. Take some of the area’s very best musicians and sit them on a stage together to play jazz songs, along with TV themes and anything else that they can think of, and you’ve got Jazz Sandwich. The band goes on at 9 p.m. and the cover is $3, which is ridiculously cheap. And don’t just drink water, huh? At least buy a Coke or some fries.

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They’re back! Over the past few months, a handful of band reunion rumors have been deemed true, causing dedicated fans to either jump for joy, or fearfully hide under their desks while clutching onto their favorite vinyl, rocking back and forth and hysterically crying. Rage Against the Machine, No Doubt, The Police, Van Halen and the Smashing Pumpkins all have reunion tours, performances or CD releases discussed and planned for the near future. But, what’s the motivation behind these breakup makeups? Is it nostalgia for the good ol’ days of alcohol, drugs and boobs, or the need to redecorate their house? In this week’s Spin It, Brian and Carlye discuss — are band reunions for the love of music, or just for another fistful of money?

Carlye: For Love!J u s t w h e n y o u thought the music i ndu s t r y cou ld n’t dream up anything else ... they don’t. And that’s how it should be. Our society loves reconstruction, and only in a nation full of

Botox-ed foreheads and how-to-redesign-your-home television shows can we truly appreciate the art form that is the musical comeback.

Ever y th ing’s wor th a second chance. A bad sandwich usually gets a bit better after you take another bite, rewriting a paper always gets you a better grade, and rekindling an old * ame may not result in a beautiful, fancy-pants wedding, but you’ll probably get some decent to good sex out of it.

There are some issues though. Two members of the Smashing Pumpkins — guitarist James Iha and bassist D’Arcy Wretzky — have not made statements regarding their participation in the reunion and are speculated to not be joining in on the fun. Also, there’s the unavoidable problem of band members sti l l hating each other, which may plague RATM’s reunion show at Coachella and will most likely end Van Halen’s 40-show tour early with a bloody + ght to the death onstage. But, maybe the new members of Smashing Pumpkins will be just as good as the old ones, and if not, you all know a David Lee Roth + ght would make for a great YouTube video.

These are just small problems, and if bands want to reunite, we should support them with our eyes, ears and checkbooks. If we love the artist, and the artist loves playing music, we should therefore love their new music. (It’s like the Pythagorean Theorem, but a lot less boring.)

CARLYE WISEL AND BRIAN MCGOVERN • STAFF WRITERS

Band reunions— for love or money?

I’m not just saying this because I’m a Phish-head who is crossing her + ngers for a reunion tour (please Trey, please!), but we should de+ nitely embrace these comeback shows, tours and CDs. After all, respectable artists playing decent music always trump shitty artists making shitty music. And that’s that.

Brian: For Money!Maybe they a ren’t doing it for money exactly, but they are de f in ite ly com ing back for a l l those wonde r f u l t h i ng s that would appear on word association lists based on “money.” For

instance, when I think of money, I think of fame, attention, dead presidents and status. When look-ing at that list, each word boils down to the same thing — the same reason why bands are so driven to reform ... sex.

John Quincy Adams got it whenever he wanted, and he wasn’t even a good president. The same goes for musicians — even bad ones get the pinnacle of human desire satiated in a ridiculous quantity. (We’ve all seen the Kid Rock/Scott Stapp sex tape). Well, OK, I really doubt Sting has problems getting some, but it’s the sexiness, the fame and the glamour the rock band represents that is bringing back all of these staples of popular music, and with the exception of Sting and The Police, it disgusts me.

Particularly vomit-worthy is Billy Corgan reforming the Pumpkins with only his ego returning from the or iginal roster. Jimmy Chamberl in, the band’s drummer, is a l so conf i rmed to tour and record under the Pumpkins’ name later this year, but that still is not enough to overshadow that Corgan is a money-g rubbing, f ame-whor ing ha s-been. Corgan and Chamberlin are in no way reunit ing; they both per formed in Zwan, the upbeat project following the Pumpkins’ breakup, and have worked together since. The Smashing Pumpkins are not reuniting; Corgan has simply decided to release his songs under the Pumpkins name to sell more records. D’Arcy and Iha are not coming back to support the Corgan charade, and I applaud them.

In general, bands are like TV shows, book series or any other ongoing creative media-based endeavor. You have to know when the project is over and move on from it. Those who don’t, (except for The Police, which this doesn’t apply to), are just clinging to something that is no longer pertinent or important.

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Live BandsU of I Jazz Combo Iron Post 7pm, $2Michael Kemmin, Kate Hathaway and James Hathaway [Acoustic show.] Aroma Cafe, 8pm, freeSam Vicari, Coco Coca, Triple Whip, Watery Domestic Court-yard Cafe, 8pm, $3Caleb Rose Bowl Tavern 9pm, no coverMardi Gras Kick-Off Party featuring Hurricane Gumbo [Playing all your favorite New Orleans-style tunes!] Canopy Club, 9pm, $5Ear Doctor Zorba’s Restau-rant, 9:30pm, $3Krukid, Brother Embassy, The Duke of Uke Cowboy Monkey 10pm, $5Larry Goetz Bar Louie, 10pm no cover

ConcertsThursdays at Twelve Twenty Beckman Institute 12:20pm, free

DJWesjile [Hip-hop, party jams.] Boltini Lounge 10:30pm, no cover

DancingFree Swing Dance McKinley Church and Foundation 9:30pm

KaraokeKaraoke with Randy from RM Entertainment Fat City Saloon, 9pm

Lectures/DiscussionsFree English Speaking, Listen-ing Class [These classes work well for those whose native language is not English and emphasize beginning and intermedi-ate listening and speaking skills.] Parkland College 9am“The Pa’s Fiddle Project: ‘These Happy Golden Years’ of a Mu-sicological Journey” [Lecture by Dale Cockrell, musi-cologist.] Smith Recital Hall 3:30pm, freeColor on Branding: The Work of Louis Cameron [A talk with “Branded and On Display” artist Louis Cameron.] Krannert Art Museum, 6pm“A Pre-Columbian Map of the Mississippi?!: The Meaning of a New Rock Art Discovery from Commerce, Missouri” [A lecture by Dr. Timothy R. Pauketat of the Department of Anthropology, UIUC.] Urbana Free Library, 7pm

FilmKorean Movie Night [“The Host” and “Eraser in My Head.”] Huff Hall, 7pm“The Pursuit of Happyness” [Chris Gardner is bright and talented but is struggling to make ends meet. When he and his ! ve-year-old son are evicted from their apartment, Gardner takes a chance with a prestigious stock brokerage ! rm. They endure many hardships but he follows his dream to make a better life for the two of them.] Virginia Theatre, 7pmAt Risk Youth: A Documen-tary and Discussion [This documentary shows youth in their daily environment, how they interact and socialize with their peers, as well their perspectives on education, local govern-ment, jobs and how they see themselves in society.] Illini Union, 12pm, free

Sporting EventsWomen’s Hockey Club Ice Arena, 10pm

RecreationRobert Allerton Park [Open until dusk, the “Allerton Legacy” exhibit at the Visitors Center is open daily. Garden tours can be arranged.] Allerton Park 9am

Miscellaneous Krannert Uncorked [Weekly

wine tasting with music in the lobby at Krannert Cen-ter. Performance by William Kubaitis. Free tasting and wine for sale by the glass.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 5pmAltgeld Chime-Tower Tours [To arrange a concert or Bell Tower visit, e-mail [email protected] or call 333-6068. Enter through 323 Altgeld Hall.] Altgeld Hall, 12:30pm

MeetingsFrench Department: Pause Cafe Espresso Royale Or-egon St. (Urbana), 5pmInternational Coffee Hour [At these events, coffee, tea and homemade ethnic desserts are served.] Cos-mopolitan Club, 7:30pm

Family FunAround the World Wednesdays [Parents and kids can cre-ate, play and learn together through crafts and activities from around the world.] Spurlock Museum, 9:30am $2 donation suggestedGroup Funfare [Preschool groups are invited to come to this program that will feature stories, songs, puppets and ! lms.] Urbana Free Library, 9:45am

Mind/Body/SpiritMeditation and Yoga Classes [Free meditation and yoga

classes that include medi-tation exercises, yoga pos-tures, deep relaxation and yoga philosophy.] Ananda Liina Yoga & Meditation Center, 6pm

Poetry/ReadingsBook Signing with Robert Dale Parker [Book signing for “The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnson Schoolcraft” by Robert Dale Parker.] Illini Union Bookstore, 4pmVOICE [Poetry and ! ction readings.] Bread Company 7:45pm

FRI. FEB 16

Live BandsBilly Galt Sings the Blues Blues restaurant, 11:30amJeff Helgesen Quintet Iron Post, 5pm, no coverNew Orleans Jazz Machine Cowboy Monkey, 5:30pm $3Man in Black: A Tribute To Johnny Cash Canopy Club 7pm, $10 in advanceGreg Baker & The Ramblers Hubers, 8pmCountry Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1Delta Kings with the Bottle Rockets [Rock and blues.] Highdive, 9pm, coverThe Bottle Rockets, Tractor Kings, The Delta Kings High-dive, 9pm, $12Dennis Stroughmatt and Friends [Creole and Cajun music in celebration of Mardi Gras.] Iron Post 9pm, $5Big Mo and The Phat Groove [Blues, funk, R&B and soul music.] Phoenix, 9:30pm

DJElise [Soul, deep house.] Boltini Lounge, 6pm, no coverDJ Dance Party Canopy Club 9pm, coverMertz [House, funk, electro.] Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no coverDeeplicio.us [DJ Mambo Italiano. House music.] KoFusion, 11pm, no cover

DancingContra Dance [All dances are taught prior to dancing. Wear comfortable clothing and bring a pair of clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the wood " oor.] Phillips Recreation Center, 8pm

Lectures/Discussions“The Political Lessons of the Ishmael and Hagar Story: Reading the Bible with Han-nah Arendt” [With Bruce Rosenstock, Associate Professor of Religious Stud-ies, Program in the Study of Religion, UIUC.] University YMCA, 12pm“Spatial Ecology: Investigating Human-Environment Interac-tions in a Few Urban Places”

[With Jay D. Gatrell, Depart-ment of Geography, Geology and Anthropology at Indiana State University.] Davenport Hall, 3pm

FilmBlack History Video Views [Excerpts from selected documentaries capture the African-American experience as revealed through the lens. Brief discussion will follow.] Parkland College, 12pm

WorkshopsKorea Workshop: Space, Culture and Communication in the Long 1990s International Studies Building, 12:30pm

MiscellaneousPink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon [A musical light show paying tribute to Pink Floyd.] Parkland College 9:30pm, $5

Altgeld Chime-Tower Tours Altgeld Hall, 12:30pm

MeetingsAssociation of Academic Professionals [Happy hour.] Bread Company, 5pm

Family FunBabies’ Lap Time [Babies and their parents or caregivers are invited for a program of songs, stories and rhymes for young patrons, ages birth to 24 months with an adult.] Urbana Free Library 9:45amDaddy Daughter Princess Ball [Girls, transform yourself into a princess and spend a magical evening with the man you can always count on — your dad. Enjoy a buf-fet dinner, raf" e prizes and lively entertainment during this special night.] Round Barn Banquet Center, 6pm

Poetry/ReadingsAmerican Association of Univer-sity Women, Writer’s Group Pages for All Ages, 1:30pm

SAT. FEB 17

Live BandsThe Blue Addictions, The Daze [CD release show.] Iron Post, 6pm, $5Prairie Dogs Hubers, 8pmThe Greytones, Staci Anderson, Matt Wagemann, Carl Hauck Iron Post, 9pm, $5/$7Country Connection Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, $1

Tally Hall Courtyard Cafe 9pm, $5 students/$7 public

ConcertsWinter Tales: Little Wolf and the Wolf Pack [Spend the afternoon experiencing American Indian dance,

song, drum and storytell-ing for all ages.] Spurlock Museum, 2pm, $5

DJDJ Bris Mueller Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, coverDJ Dan the Automater [From Gorillaz.] Highdive, 9pm coverDJ Dance Party Canopy Club 9pm, coverMertz [House, funk, electro.] Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no coverDJ Tim Williams Highdive 11pm, $5

FestivalsCulture Shock [The Illini Union Board’s annual multi-cultural event will allow you to take a trip around the world in day. Performances and dance lessons by your favorite RSOs all night, and

did we forget to mention free cultural food?] Illini Union, 7pm

WorkshopsImprint [Learn the skills to help you manage profes-sional and personal transi-tions as well as ways to coach and mentor others.] Illinois Leadership Center 1am, freeEmpowerment Strategies for Young Women [Young women students will bene! t from strategies to overcome obstacles and challenges of school, home and social life.] Parkland College 9am

RecreationRobert Allerton Park Allerton Park, 9amDodgeball Tournament [Crisis Nursery and the U of I American Medical Student Association will host a dodgeball tournament. Teams will consist of six players with up to 10 play-ers on a roster. It will be $125 per team, $100 per student team or $15 per individual. Registration re-quired.] Campus Recreation (CRCE) 10:30am

ComedyClements Comedy Club Vir-ginia Theatre, 7:30pm

MiscellaneousCotton Club Talent Show Foel-linger Auditorium, 7pmAltgeld Chime-Tower Tours Altgeld Hall, 12:30pm

MeetingsIllini Folk Dance Society Illini Union, 8pm

Family FunIcky, Sticky, Oooey, Gooey [Children ages 5 through 7 will enjoy activities that revolve around gooey and sticky materials.] Springer Cultural Center, 9amRecipes for the Birds [Cook up some homemade reci-pes to feed the birds and attract them to your yard by bringing home a bird-feeder you make yourself.] Anita Purves Nature Center 2:30pm

Mind/Body/Spirit Free Mercury Hair Testing

[Many residents of Illinois have unsafe levels of mercury in their bodies due to eating locally caught ! sh, tuna and/or sushi. The free and con! dential testing will determine your mercury levels after a stylist clips a carefully selected portion of hair at the back of your head. It will be sent off to the lab and the lab will report the results to you. Call the salon to schedule an appointment.] Timothy John Salon, 8:30am

SUN. FEB 18

Live BandsHypnoMusicCorp, Pulsar47, Coco Coca, Mad Science Fair, Watery Domestic, The Pat Mustian Band, Casados [V-Day Bene! t show presented by V-Day international with performances of The Vagina Monologues. Proceeds go to local charities to help women and child rape and abuse victims.] Cowboy

Monkey, 7pm, $57-to-9 Sundays featuring No-nagon, Ryan Groff of Elsinore, Triple Whip Iron Post, 7pm $3.50Crystal River Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, no coverWPGU Presents New Sound Sundays with Brilliance in A Bun, Dirty Nick and The Bandits and Turning Down TodayCanopy Club, 9pm, $1

ConcertsBlack Sacred Music Sympo-sium Concert [A concert culminating the three-day Black Sacred Music Sym-posium in celebration of Dr. Ollie Watts-Davis’ 25th anniversary as conductor of the U of I Black Chorus.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 7:30pm

DJChris O [Downtempo, deep house.] Boltini Lounge 10:30pm, no cover

Sporting EventsIlinois Wrestling vs. Ohio State Huff Gym, 1pmIllinois Men’s Basketball vs. Northwestern Assembly Hall 2pm

RecreationRobert Allerton Park Allerton Park, 9amWomen Only Swim [A time to exercise and learn how to swim.] Kenney Gym 5:30pm

MiscellaneousAllerton Retreat Center Open House [Volunteers will lead guided tours through the house.] Allerton Park 10am, $5 adult/$3 child

Altgeld Chime-Tower Tours Altgeld Hall, 12:30pm

MeetingsUniversity Falun Dafa Practice Group Illini Union, 4:10pm

Mind /Body / Spirit Dada Madhuvidyananda

[Dada Madhuvidyananda, yogic monk and teacher, will sing and will lead a mantra chant. He will lead a meditation as a means for ! nding self-devotion.] Channing-Murray Founda-tion, 1pm

MON. FEB 19

Live BandsOpen Mic Night [With hosts Brandon T. Washington and Mike Ingram.] Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, no cover

DJBozak [Hip-hop, funk, turntablism.] Boltini Lounge 10:30pm, no cover

Lectures/discussionsFree English Speaking, Listen-ing Class Parkland College 9am

Sporting EventsWomen’s Hockey Club Ice Arena, 8:05pm

WorkshopsResume Critique La Casa Cultural Latina, 3pm, freeVeretski Pass “Ask Dr. Klez” Music Workshop [Ask any questions of Veretski Pass, klezmer trio, includ-ing musical technique, ethnomusicology, Jewish culture and more.] Spur-lock Museum 4pm

RecreationRobert Allerton Park Allerton Park, 9am

ComedyMonday Comedy Night [Improv comedy every week featur-ing Spicy Clamato and DeBono.] Courtyard Cafe 8pm, free

MiscellaneousBook Sale [The titles represent the full spectrum of children’s publishing in ! ction and non! ction, board books, picture books, easy and transitional readers, chapter books, novels, ac-tivity books and kits, mass-market paperbacks and more.] Center for Children’s Books, 10amBlack History Scramble Game/Trivia Drawing [Students will test their knowledge of historical African-American ! gures in a “Soul Train Scramble” format, with music and prizes. Winners will be drawn from those students who answered the “Heritage Trivia Question-naire” handed out in January.] Parkland College 12pmAltgeld Chime-Tower Tours Altgeld Hall, 12:30pm

MeetingsUrbana-Champaign Senate Meeting Levis Faculty Cen-ter, 3pm, freeItalian Table [Italian conver-sation.] Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, 12pm

Family FunBabies’ Lap Time Moonlight Edition [Before going to bed,

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16 c u c a l e n d a r Art & Theater Love Letters [This show follows the relationship of its two main characters through the letters they write to one another. It stars Judy Fraser and Jim Turpin.] On Stage at Grace, Feb. 17, 7 p.m.

Art Exhibition Series[Springer Cultural Center’s new exhibit, “PIECED A(part)” features the work of Jamie Kotewa, Miriam Slager and Kim Purkiss.] Springer Cultural Center Main Hallway and Historic Lobby through Feb. 18

Bee-luther-hatchee[Written by Thomas Gibbons and directed by Ron OJ Parson, this play raises many questions regarding the representation of certain cultures. It tells the story of a young editor who is shepherding the memoir of Libby Price, a 72-year-old African-American woman.] Krannert Center Studio Theatre, Feb 15-17, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 18 at 3 p.m.

The Illinois Hillbillies[An interactive murder mystery performed by the Champaign Urbana Theatre Company.] Round Barn Banquet Centre, Feb. 18, 6 p.m.

Wall Paper Weights[A show of recent sculpture by Todd Frahm and paintings by Lara Nguyen.] Cinema Gallery through Feb. 24

Where Animals Dance[This exhibit examines the masquerading traditions of West Africa and features masks and other related ceremonial artifacts. It also features discussions on the impact of masquerade in belief, social structure and daily life.] Spurlock Museum through March 4

Journeys[Umeeta Sadaranganiwill’s exhibit features a collection of watercolors, mixed media paintings and photographs.] Asian American Cultural Center through March 16

Branded and On Display[“Branded and On Display” features the work of artists exploring the theme of branding and the signifi cance of marketing in our culture. Representing a range of media — sculpture, video, installation, sound, painting and photography — the works are compelling and provocative, nudging us to “re-view” our culture with an appraising eye.] Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion through April 1

Tally Hall, named after a defunct mini-mall in Farmington, Michigan, is a band which has explored all styles of music and has successfully administered all genres into each of their songs. The fi rst song played may be pop-rock, which is what the type of music they generally play, but the second may have a rap twist to it resulting in an unsuspecting audience, eager for their next treat and unable to resist the contagious jumble of vibes streaming from the band’s music.

Tally Hall will jump up and down, produce danceable music and will surprise you each and every time. Because of their wide range of infl uences from the Beatles to the Beastie Boys, you will never be able to pin point their sound.

Nowadays too many bands try to blend in with the popular choices of indie-rock or pop-rock. These guys both literally and musically jump out at you. Their music is fun, colorful and catchy.

A few days ago, when I found out that Tally Hall would be blessing our campus, I immediately said “I’m going!” I didn’t care where, when or how much — I was going. Thankfully, this show is blessed in many aspects, because not only is Tally Hall visiting our Union, but it’s also only $5.

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babies and their parents or caregivers are invited to a program of songs, stories and rhymes for young patrons, ages birth to 24 months with an adult.] Urba-na Free Library, 6:30pm

TUE. FEB 20

Live BandsBilly Galt Sings the Blues Blues restaurant, 11:30amJordan Kaye Trio Hubers, 8pmCrystal River Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, no coverRehearsal Space in the Void Room [With Greg Spero Trio and Zmick.] Canopy Club 9pm, no cover

ConcertsVeretski Pass Klezmer Music Concert [Evening of Klezmer music from Eastern Europe, played in the traditional style by internationally known musicians.] Smith Recital Hall, 7:30pm, free

DJFat Tuesday Party with DJ Delayney, DJ Bris Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $5Chris O Boltini Lounge 10:30pm

KaraokeKaraoke with Randy Miller Bentley’s Pub, 9:30pm, free

Lectures/DiscussionsFree English Speaking, Listen-ing Class Parkland College 9am“Readings from Mohandas, a New Biography of Ghandi” [Rajmohan Ghandi, Global Crossroads and PSAMES will be speaking.] Illini Union Bookstore, 4pm“Invisible: Understand-ing Child Soldiers & The Con!ict in Northern Uganda” [A panel of professors and scholars will speak about different aspects of northern Uganda’s (and speci!cally former child

soldiers) recovery from the 20-year long civil war there.] Gregory Hall, 7pm “The Arts of Illinois: Sculpture at UIUC and Allerton Park” [Melvin Skvarla, the University’s Historic Pres-ervation Of!cer, will give a visual slide lecture of the various signi!cant pieces of sculpture on the UIUC campus and at Allerton Park.] University YMCA, 12pm

Film“Back to Africa” Video and Discussion [Parkland instructor Ibrahima Ndoye will show the video and lead the discussion.] Park-land College, 12pm

WorkshopsCareer Planning Seminar [This seminar is for you if you are selecting a college major, making a career change, consider-

ing or setting new career goals or reentering the job market.] Parkland College, 6pmFrom “putting it off” to “get-ting it done!” Procrastination [Interactive workshop focusing on procrastina-tion.] Illini Union, 7pm

RecreationRobert Allerton Park Allerton Park, 9amRed Pin Tuesday [When the head pin is red, get

a strike and win a free game!] Illini Union, 6pm

MiscellaneousBook sale Center for Children’s Books, 10amAltgeld Chime-Tower Tours Altgeld Hall, 12:30p

MeetingsIllini Folk Dance Society Illini Union, 8pm

Family FunBabies’ Lap Time [Babies and their parents or care-

givers are invited to this program of songs, stories and rhymes. For ages birth to 24 months, with an adult.] Urbana Free Library 9:45am

WED. FEB 21

Live BandsFeudin’ Hillbilly’s Rose Bowl Tavern, 9pm, no coverBroken Day, State and Madi-son, Snowsera and Midnite Vendetta Canopy Club, 9pm, $5

ConcertsGuster with Mason Jennings Foellinger Auditorium, 8pm $20 students/$22 public

DJDJ Sti!er [Country until 11pm, then hip-hop and dance music.] Highdive 8pm, $3/$5DJ Bozak [Mix of hip-hop, classics and broken beat.] Boltini Lounge, 10:30pm no cover

Lectures/DiscussionsFree English Speaking, Listen-ing Class Parkland College 9am“Jim Crow’s Last Stand: The Struggle for Racial Equality in the Suburban North” [Thomas Sugrue will re"ect on the broader battle for open housing in the postwar years in the United States by focusing on one famous American suburb, Levittown, Penn-sylvania.] Levis Faculty Center, 4pm, freeStudy Session [The monthly study session of the Champaign County Mental Health Board and the Champaign County Board for Care and Treatment of Person with a Develop-mental Disability. Illinois Terminal, 6pm

Film“The HistoryMakers” [The goal of The HistoryMakers is to complete 5,000 interviews of both well-known and unsung African-American HistoryMakers, creating an archive of

unparalleled importance and exposing the archival collection to the widest audience possible. Join us for a video screening of “The HistoryMakers” and a discussion about those deemed to be history makers, their voices, faces and lessons.] Douglass Branch Library 6pm, free

Sporting EventsIllinois Men’s Basketball vs. Michigan Assembly Hall 8pm

WorkshopsWhat’s New in Cardiology [Free seminar on valuable heart-related information. Nutritious snacks and complimentary blood pres-sure screenings.] Christie Clinic, 4pm

RecreationRobert Allerton Park Allerton Park, 9am

ComedyZoo Improv Troupe [Zoo Troupe performs an entertaining combo of short and long form including members who have trained at Second City and Improv Olympic in Chicago.] Iron Post, 6pm

MiscellaneousBook sale Center for Children’s Books, 10amSweet Taste of Soul [Sample an excellent array of African-American dishes.] Parkland College, 11am $6 in advance/$6.50Altgeld Chime-Tower Tours Altgeld Hall, 12:30pm

MeetingsSecretariat Illini Union 11:45amScandinavian Coffee Hour Bread Company, 4pmIllinites Meetings Illini Union, 6pm

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Guster with Mason Jennings

Feb. 21, 8 p.m.Foellinger Auditorium, $20 students/$22 public

There are many perks to being a University of Illinois student. There’s Unofficial, Green Street and the three Jimmy Johns we have on our campus alone, to name a few. However, one incredible benefit that many students don’t take advantage of that the University has to offer is the endless number of concerts and shows on campus, especially at Foellinger.

Over the past few years, Star Course has gathered countless artists to perform at the big lecture hall, namely Death Cab for Cutie, Ben Folds and Motion City Soundtrack. This coming Wednesday, Guster will grace our campus with their presence by taking over Foellinger with their hazy, melodic voices and acoustic-pop sound. Songs like “Satellite” and the infamous “Amsterdam” will have you jumping from your seat and moving your body in ways you couldn’t possibly understand.

It’s time to take advantage of this perk, especially when such a unique band plays at Foellinger. Their music will empower you and take over your mind, your body and your soul. But don’t let that scare you. That’s what music is supposed to do.

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Feb. 21, 8 p.m. Urban League Youth Empowerment Program Tutors and Mentors

Does anyone inspire you? Help you grow? Why not pass it on? Donate your time and skills to Urban League’s Youth Empowerment Program serving out-of-school youth from 18 to 21 years old. Tutors and mentors are needed for GED one-on-one sessions, teaching basic computer skills or serving as a “life coach” to help weekly with life and job goals. Help make a difference and make our community’s youth stronger. If you are interested contact Pat Henry at 363-3333, ext. 30.

The Illinois HillbilliesFeb. 18, 6 p.m.Round Barn Banquet Centre, $37.50

Imagine if instead of striking oil, the Beverly Hillbillies discovered silica sand used for making computer chips. They pack everything up and they move to — Chicago?

That’s right, these are the Illinois Hillbillies, part of an interactive murder mystery performed by the Champaign Urbana Theatre Company at the Round Barn Banquet Centre.

The play follows the Clumpetts as they make a wrong turn of I-80 and stop to cash their $3 million check. They encounter Mr. Clydesdale and Miss Jane Harriday, who discover the Clumpetts’ wealth and want them to stay in central Illinois.

Tickets are $37.50 and include dinner, which will be served at 6:45 p.m. Reservations are required.

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Th Feb 15

Krannert Uncorked5pm, free

Bee-luther-hatchee7:30pm, $6-$13

Fr Feb 16

Traffic Jam: USO Swing Night5pm, free


Sa Feb 17

Sinfonia da Camera7:30pm, $7-$33


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Bee-luther-hatchee3pm, $6-$13

Black Sacred Music Symposium7:30pm, $5-$9

Joey DeFrancesco Trio7:30pm, $12-$24

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Other School of Music Events

Tu Feb 20

An Evening of Klezmer Music by Veretski Pass Trio7:30pm, free

Smith Memorial Hall, Recital Hall805 S. Mathews, Urbana

A Chorus LineOriginally Conceived, Choreographed, and Directed by Michael BennettBook by James Kirkwood & Nicholas DanteMusic by Marvin HamlischLyrics by Edward KlebanHenson Keys, director; James Zager, musical staging; Angela Fleddermann Miller, choreographer

Department of Theatre One of the biggest hits in Broadway history, A Chorus Line ran for 15 years in New York, received nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. While the storyline focuses on the lives of Broadway dancers, it speaks directly to the dreams and experi-ences of audience members all over the world. Contains adult themes.

Thursday-Saturday, March 1-3 at 7:30pm; Thursday-Saturday, March 8-10 at 7:30pm; Sunday, March 11 at 3pm

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Alfred Brendel, pianoPoet, painter, and self-taught performer, Alfred Brendel is one of the foremost masters of his craft in this or any other century. He doesn’t simply play the music of the world’s great composers; he channels their very thoughts. Le Monde de la Musique writes that Brendel is “almost the sole embodiment of Beethoven’s piano writing,” while The New York Times says that Brendel plays “as though he were following the composer’s own train of thought.” It’s been 30 years since this legendary performer first visited Krannert Center. Don’t miss your chance to celebrate his glorious return as he presents Haydn’s Sonata in C Minor, Hob. XVI:20, Beethoven’s Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110, Schubert’s Impromptu’s Nos. 1 and 3, and Mozart’s Sonata in C Minor, K. 457.

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BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEECONSTANCE BEITZEL • STAFF WRITER | PHOTOGRAPHED BY ERIC STONE

“I had a di!erent sort of soul, a smoke soul,” Joslyn Jones enunciates from the side of the stage as the lights come on in Krannert’s Studio Theatre’s latest production, Bee-Luther-Hatchee. Like the title, Bee-Luther-Hatchee, by Thomas Gibbons, is about some very cloudy issues.

Shel ita Burns, a publisher for a smal l house, has been edit ing a ser ies of re-discovered works by African-American writers. The only new book in the collection, Bee-Luther-Hatchee — sold as a memoir — creates quite a stir. It wins numerous awards and sells 100,000 copies in its "rst run.

Shelita, played by a very aggressive Jennifer Bradford, feels a connection with the author, Libby Price, played by Jones, even though they have only corresponded through mail. Tired of electronic communication, Shelita sets out to meet the author in person.

After "rst going to the nursing home where Libby is supposed to live, then having no luck "nding her, she attempts to arrange a meeting with Libby again. This time, she has some luck, but not the type of luck you may be thinking of. Instead of a frail, old African-American woman, (and I’m going to ruin it for you here, so if you are planning on seeing it wait to read this!) Shelita "nds a middle-aged southern man, of Irish descent.

The plot and developed con#icts throughout the play have a strong connection to a debate that I continue to read about and discuss in countless English classes: How important is the author in relation to the text they write? I mean, we all learn in high school not to

write “author” in our papers, but rather “narrator,” but there is always that lingering presence. Sean Leonard, played by Drew Shirley, tries to explain his “usurpation,” and "nally “colonization,” of Libby’s voice by denying the fact that it does matter who the author is, especially if the book is real.

If it did nothing else, Bee-Luther-Hatchee stirred a lot of recent media buzz. The play brings out some important issues concerning race, relationships, cultures and diversity. It will make you think twice about who the author of a story is and how knowing their race, gender and other things about them a!ect you.

Not only was this play thought-provoking, but it also contained some moments of comic relief, compliments of Shelita’s best friend, Anna, played by Stephanie Sexauer.

Overall, the acting was phenomenal. The two leads, Bradford and Shirley, played their extensive scene together with a lot of "re and fury, di!erent from some other productions of Bee, but not without good e!ect. They clearly communicate to the audience their struggle to understand the relationship between the author and the reader and how their individual desires and ambitions play a role in that relationship. This play inspires debate and alerts its viewers to racism and prejudices in our society. Though there is nothing new under the sun, you will look at your self, your culture and everything you stand for in a new light after watching this play.

Bee-Luther-Hatchee is playing at the Studio Theatre at the Krannert Center tonight through Saturday at 7:30 p.m., with a !nal performance on Sunday at 3:00 p.m. For tickets, call the Krannert ticket o"ce at (217) 333-6280.

A scene from Bee-Luther-Hatchee performed at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

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At 21 years old, Jon Hill has already made history. Last month, he became the youngest member of the famous Steppenwolf Chicago Theatre company, an ensemble to which belong actors and actresses such as John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf and Je! Perry. Hill is a senior with a concentration on acting at the University of Illinois.

What are some things you do for fun?I l ike to write. I write poetry, spoken word. I play the guitar and write songs. I’m in the process of writing a screenplay that I’m doing as an independent study with one of the professors here — Lisa Dixon. It’s something I’m interested in for the future.What age did you begin acting? Well, the *rst thing I did in theater was write a play in *rst grade and the school actually produced it, so I got to see it. The next year I started audi-tioning because I saw the actors and I was like, “Wow, I want to do what he does.”What was the play about?It was about my brother get-ting lost in the zoo. I think it was called My Day at the Zoo or something.Tell me about some of the shows you’ve been in here at the University.

The *rst show I did at Krannert was King Lear. I learned so much from that. I was also in Six Degrees of Separation — loved that. Then there was A Flea in Her Ear and we did Gint most recently. Actually, one of the most interesting projects I’ve done here was a staged reading of a hip-hop play by Chad Belsmen.

He’s very into the hip-hop theater movement that happens in New York. It explores theater based on the beginnings of hip-hop.Now what’s all this buzz around town about the Steppenwolf Theatre Company? Oh! Yeah — Jan. 8 I was scheduled to have a read-ing at Steppenwolf, but the artistic director, Martha Lavey, asked me to have a meeting with her before that took place and she didn’t tell me what that was about so I was already nervous. I didn’t know what was going to happen. I get in there and they ended up telling me that they wanted me to be a part of their ensemble, which doesn’t happen very often to anyone. I just remem-ber being completely stunned.Jan. 29, they had a press conference at the theater and they announced to the world that they were mak-ing me and *ve other actors that they’ve worked with ensemble members — permanent ensemble members. This was coming out of an issue of lack of diversity in the ensemble and the age — there wasn’t a lot of age diversity and I was just very lucky to come along at a time where they were looking for diversity and youth.That’s amazing! You know, there are a lot of people that look up to you; what advice would you give an aspiring actor or actress?Work hard, work close to yourself. Don’t forget who you are in the process of playing these other charac-ters and auditioning for things. Most importantly, probably, have fun in what you’re doing because you will go crazy if you forget that it’s supposed to be fun. What’s the weirdest role you’ve ever played? We were doing these one-act plays in high school

and I was a part of this show called The League of Extraordinary Superheroes, and my character was the human puddle and his ability was that he could cry at any time. That was a bizarre show. If you could have any superpower, what would it be?I’m going to go with a sel*sh one. It would probably be to +y — yeah, +ight. The power of +ight.And why is that?Everyone has the dreams where they’re +ying and they’re like, “This is the best,” and then you wake up and you’re like, “Wow, I can’t +y; that was just a dream.” It would be the most enjoyable thing ever to be able to +y.How has your experience been in the theater department here?So positive from the moment I got here. From the moment I got auditioned I’ve just felt so supported.What plans do you have for the future as an actor?My overall goal is to become connected internation-ally with other cultures through acting and through my art and eventually, reach a plateau where I can go into less fortunate communities and give them another outlet for their art and have that actually be recognized as a real voice. And I don’t know; open up some doors for people that just need a way out or something to do. PHOTO BY GREGORY HINCHMAN

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HIDDEN GEM:THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON (2005)

BRENT SIMERSON • STAFF WRITER

Although most people do not know the name Daniel Johnston, h is impact in the music world i s qu ite s ign i f icant and ha s been covered by bands like Pearl Jam, David Bowie, and The Flaming Lips. Johnston, a folk singer/songwriter, came to fame during the 1980s by promoting an album called Hi, How Are You. As Johnston entered the limelight, it became apparent that Johnston was deeply disi l lusioned by acute manic depression. His

incredible story — which includes a journey through the menta l in st itut ions , cl a shes with the law, and an obsessive devotion to music — is a dichotomous batt le between the music savant and the mental patient. I bel ieve that you would be hard pressed to f ind a biographical documentary that more comprehensibly por t rays it s subject than The Devil and Daniel Johnston. Of course, director Jef f Feuerzeig had many resources

at his disposal: Daniel Johnson had recorded seem ing ly h i s entire l i fe on f i lm and audio, i nc lud i ng h i s con fe s s ion s , obse s s ion s and many of the inner un-wind ing s of a s ick man. The interview with his parents is heartbreaking; their recognition of Daniel’s genius, compa r ab le to t he l i ke s o f Brian Wilson and Syd Barrett, i s ev ident ly shrouded by h is troubled past.

If you haven’t seen this movie in a few years, put away your Sega Genesis, bring out your VCR, *ll your glass to the brim with Ecto-Cooler, and watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Just a refresher (so you don’t conwfuse it with The Secret of the Ooze (1991)): the plot introduces the characters, which include Splinter (Kevin Clash), the wise Jinjitzu sewer rat; April O’Neil ( Judith Hoag), the Channel 3 reporter and foxy redhead; and Shredder (David McCharen), the leader of the underworld gang “The Foot Clan.” The movie also provides a complete background to the turtles’ story, *lling in some of the gaps created by the cartoon. This is all done while the four turtles — Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael —try to save their kidnapped mentor, Splinter, from the evil grasp of Shredder.

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Where did Dr. Hannibal Lecter develop his unusual cravings for liver, fava beans and a nice Chianti? In Hannibal Rising, based on the Thomas Harris novel of the same name, the man who introduced the world to the infamous cannibal and his nefarious deeds shows us that even Lecter went through a pretty dreadful puberty.

Apparently sadistic serial killers aren’t born that way; they’re molded through the most screwed-up childhood since Norman Bates.

In the closing days of WWII, Hannibal’s parents are killed in the cross*re and his little sister is eaten by starving looters. Flash-forward to many years later when Hannibal (Gaspard Ulliel) +ees his cruel orphanage and voyages to France in search of his uncle. There he encounters Lady Murasaki (Gong Li), his uncle’s mistress who acts as his samurai-sword sensei and motivator in seeking vengeance. Needless to say, Hannibal complies.

Heavily stylized and grotesquely warped in its pristine cinematography and direction by Peter

NORBITDAVID VALDES • STAFF WRITER

There is a certain type of person who goes to see a movie like Norbit, and I am almost positive that person is surely not reading these words right now. Eddie Murphy stumbled upon this critic-proof formula 11 years ago with the release of The Nutty Professor, a surprisingly heartfelt work of comedy with a likeable protagonist. With Norbit, the fat suits and raunchy comedy are back, but gone is the innocent sweetness audiences loved in The Nutty Professor movies.

Eddie Murphy plays the title character as a soft-spoken, awkward and insecure wreck. Norbit is married to Rasputia (Murphy in a fat suit), one of the most vile characters in recent movie history — and yes, I’m aware the new Hannibal Lecter movie opened this weekend. She is mean beyond redemption and so highly o,ensive that, naturally, the movie relies heavily (ha!) on her for its laugh-out-loud moments. Consider the montage of sex scenes, which consist of Rasputia taking a running leap onto Norbit and obliterating their bed.

The comedy in Norbit is lowbrow, but Murphy has become such a safe onscreen presence that it

all seems less crude and racist than it actually is. Consider a scene in which Norbit’s Asian father *gure, Mr. Wong (also played by Murphy), tells Norbit, “I don’t like black. I don’t like Jew either. But black and Jew love Chinese food.” These are indeed hateful words but Mr. Wong, one of Norbit’s more fully realized characters, manages to turn it into a sort of compliment.

Three months after Borat, however, this all seems as lighthearted and inoffensive as can be – and a lot less funny. If one gets a kick out of fat suits, fart jokes and sight gags that feature a pug in a doggy wheelchair, Norbit is the movie to see.

NOTES ON A SCANDALSYD SLOBODNIK • STAFF WRITER

The centra l nar rat ive focus of d irector Richard Eyre’s Notes on a Scandal concerns an a,air between a British school teacher and her 15-year-old student. However, the *lm is more e,ectively a marvelous character study of the person who witnesses the a,air. Eyre begins the *lm with the voiceover comments of Barbara Covett, a frumpy, spinster school teacher who reveals to her diary, “People have always trusted me with their secrets; but who do I trust with mine?” From there, Notes on a Scandal evolves into a rather tawdry, and at times creepy, psychological melodrama that features an incredible performance by Oscar-nominated actress Judi Dench.

Cate Blanchett, also nominated for an Oscar, plays the willowy young blonde, Sheba Hart, the new art teacher at St. George’s School, a secondary school mostly sta,ed by mundane, burnt-out teachers who try their best to o,er practica l ski l ls to their ethnica l ly diverse, working-class pupils. At *rst, veteran history teacher Covett and Hart barely notice each other, but when Covett helps settle a brawl between two boys in Hart’s class they instantly become tight friends. Maybe Covett has found a true someone to share her secrets with, besides the pages of her diary?

Screenwriter Patr ick Marber, adapting a novel by Zoe Heller, cranks up the tension when Covett discovers Hart and a young male art student embraced in near carnal passion while the rest of the school is attending a Christmas assembly. Instead of turning her colleague in for abuse of her position, Covett schemes to make Hart her closer companion.

Marber’s script needed to spend more time providing a more credible motivation for the otherwise happily married Hart’s decision to pursue her a,air and de-romanticize a criminal abuse of an underage minor by an adult. Phillip Glass’s pulsing, Oscar-nominated musical score heightens many of the most chilling moments, while cinematographer Chris Menges skillfully over lights key moments to make the engaging Dench into one very intriguing, spiteful and psychologically troubled character.

Webber, Hannibal Rising falls into the pantheon of excessive prequels without heart or head. Before, Lecter’s methodical insanity of kil ling both guilty and innocent alike made him even more terrifying. Now, acting solely out of revenge and yearning for retribution is so passé.

The menacing and calculating Lecter from Silence of the Lambs has been relegated to a f limsy boogeyman on par with clichéd super vi l la ins l ike Freddy Krueger and Michael Myers. Unlike the classic portrayal by Anthony Hopkins, Ul l iel does Lecter sans devi l ish charm and with more eurotrash. Sure, it’s the more tortured, pubescent evil genius, but remember: once we had f ilet mignon; now it’s chop-suey. Hannibal Rising proves that some cinematic prequels bite off more than they can chew. Though the story’s progression is logical, the tale seems redundant and generic. But don’t tell Dr. Lecter. He’ll probably eat your brains with some merlot, perhaps.

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HUNGARIAN STATE FOLK ENSEMBLE COMES TO KRANNERTJEFF NELSON • STAFF WRITER

I f y o u h a v e considered missing the performance of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble at Urbana’s Krannert Center on February 22, don’t.

OK, “folk dancing” i s s t r ange people whirl ing around a stage in showy dance sets that no one wants to reproduce. It is also great insight into those other, strange cultures -for which we have clubs at the University-but is it entertainment?

Did anyone out t here a t t end the per formances of t he Georg i an or Ukrainian National Dance Companies? If you did, your doubts shou ld be on the shelf. These national d ance compan ie s a re rea l ly spec ia l

ensembles that preserve national traditions in costume, music and dance, and do it in a spectacular way. Sure, they are living and performing historians, but they understand show business. Their *rst priority is to put on a great show, and this ensemble with *fty years of experience has wow-ed the world more than once in the last half century. The demands for bookings of the Hungarian State Folk ensemble have been so strong that the Hungarian government cannot advertise them a Budapest attraction. How can they, when this stellar group is constantly on tour? In the last two decades, they have performed in 44 countries and on four di+erent continents. So, what is in the mix of this magic?

There are 30 dancers, a 14 member Gipsy Orchestra and a 5 member Folk Orchestra-those are the basic numbers. The magic is the base of the music, Hungary’s rich Gipsy tradition. Much of this ensemble’s richest melodies and dances routines are collected from the largest Gipsy population in Europe. It was these extraordinarily musical nomads who inspired Hungary’s two great 20th century composers, Bartok and Kodaly.

It was they who also gave Brahms the inspiration for his Hungarian Dances and Liszt for his richer orchestral moments. Here, you can hear the real music on authentic

instruments. Here, you can see the authentic dances, some of them col lected from Hungary’s hinterlands, and served with a touch of show business panache. Their website advertises no merchandise, however a search of the web displays a dozen or so books written about them and one compact disc.

Yes, one cd, with the title of “Wedding at Escer”, which may be a best seller in central Europe, but here is a group you cannot enjoy without a live experience. No shelves ful l of “Riverdance” style dvd’s here unless they sell them as they travel. Certainly their merchandising is very un-traditional, but, perhaps, this is a group that prefers only a live experience to demonstrate its special qualities.

Beginning and ending with a musical tribute to Bela Bartok, Hungary’s great 20th century musical genius, the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble will give you that live experience from music to dancing as Hungary comes to Champaign-Urbana. Please note as with most dance programs, this one begins at 7 PM.

The late, great playwright George S. Kaufman once said “I’ll try anything once except incest and folk dancing.” Don’t let such a curmudgeon deter you, even if he and his quote are famous. Here, folk dancing is high art and living history.PHOTO COURTESY OF BERKSHIRE.NET

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The 1961 f ilm West Side Story — the classic Romeo and Juliet adaptation cen-tering on rival gangs in New York City — was screened at the Virginia Theatre this weekend. It was a fun, old-fashioned movie-going experience, aside from the several interruptions that occurred due to some technical diff iculties.

Starring Natalie Wood as Maria, sister of the leader of the Sharks, and Richard Beymer as Tony, a member of the Jets, the f i lm focuses not only the forbidden love between the se two cha r ac ter s , but a l so the themes of racia l tension between Americans and Puerto Ricans during the 1960s.

Despite being a Broadway nut and a fan of the stage version, I had never actually seen the f ilm West Side Story. I’d seen bits and pieces here or there, along with the Michael Jackson videos and Gap commer-cials that have been inspired by the danc-ing in the f ilm. While watching the f ilm in an old, crowded theater, I found that I enjoyed it, but that the story, music and choreography work best as a l ive stage production.

Even though I l ike the play better, watch ing the mov ie at a venue such as the Virg inia Theatre made me feel l ike I was viewing the f i lm the way it was intended to be seen. The theater ab so lu t e l y be au t i f u l — t he mov ie screen i s huge. It’s a throwback to a t ime when going to a movie was a ful l experience, and there was an excitement su r round ing seeing someth ing new. That excitement is not seen very much in today’s movie industry, where t icket pr ices are r id iculously expensive, the movie screens are smal l and the theaters are owned by corporations that design a l l of them to look the same.

The techn ica l d i f f icu l t ie s wh ich

occurred throughout the screening made me grateful for the upgrade in technology today. The f ilm was interrupted once by what looked like an old advertisement, and skipped and stopped altogether during two of the most pivotal points in the f ilm. I had to wonder, however, if this was a normal occurrence in old movie theaters. If so, I suppose it made the f ilm screening that much more authentic.

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Sexual Abuse PreventionSexuality education can help!

Most of us don’t want to think about the fact that the children in our lives are at risk of sexual abuse. Further, it’s almost intolerable to consider the fact that most perpetrators of sexual abuse are people the child knows, people whom we know and trust.

Unfor tunately, the more we deny th is phenomenon, the less safe our children continue to be. While the only person responsible for sexual abuse is the perpetrator, we do know that we can teach our children protective behaviors that will decrease their likelihood of becoming victims of this type of abuse.

We’d like to be very clear that sexual abuse is never the fault of the child (survivor). Because one in three women and one in !ve men are survivors of childhood sex abuse, we know that many of you who are reading our column are a"ected by this issue. We are not suggesting those who are survivors of abuse could have or should have done anything di"erently to prevent the abuse from happening. We are glad you did what you did, or didn’t do, because it allowed you to survive.

But as adults, we all need to start talking openly about the sexual abuse of our children and the violence that continues in silence. It’s our responsibility to do everything in our power to protect our children and not hide behind the denial of “my child is safe.”

Below are some tips that will help reduce the likelihood that your child will experience sexual abuse, and if they do, increase the chances that the child will disclose the abuse and get assistance to end it.

COMMUNICATE WITH CHILDREN ABOUT SEX AND SEXUAL ABUSEPart of the silence surrounding sexual abuse

is the lack of terminology that children have to describe what has happened to them. Start early and teach your child about their body, using the appropriate terms like penis and vulva to describe their genitals. Talk to them about sex and the di"erence between good touch and bad touch. This will make it more likely that your child will tell you if they experience something that makes them uncomfortable. If abusive behavior does occur, you will be able to get your child help to recover from the trauma of abuse.

ALLOW CHILDREN TO SAY “NO”Children who are more assertive and realize

they have choices, are less likely to feel they have to go along with a perpetrator. Perpetrators do not pick random victims and children who are more inclined to seek attention from adults are at greater risk. Keep in mind that all children want to be accepted and cared about by adults in their lives. At times they do assert their personal power. Recognize and celebrate children’s healthy assertiveness!

DON’T PRESSURE CHILDREN TO HUG AND KISS PEOPLE!Children need to know that their body is

theirs and they can say “no” to other people’s requests for intimate contact. Support your child by making comments like “You don’t have to hug Grandma if you don’t want to.” Many children are raised to be “nice” and touch people when they really don’t want to. You can still teach your child manners and in fact, teach them how to sensitively tell Grandma they would rather not hug her at this time. Simple, direct statements should be respected and valued, such as “I don’t feel like kissing Grandma.”

DEAL WITH YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE Sexual abuse continues through generations,

often with no one ever talking about it. If you have experienced sexual abuse, the best protective factor you can do for your child(ren) is to deal with your history of abuse. This may mean contacting a counselor or support group. A trained professional can help you deal with the emotional legacy of abuse.

A special thank you to P. Morey and A. Hund for their assistance with this column. Kim Rice and Kate Ruin are professional sex educators. Email them at [email protected].

SEX 411: UNDERSTAND CHILDREN AND HOW THEY COMMUNICATE

• Children may talk about sex abuse in a roundabout way by saying something like, “I don’t like to be alone with Mr. Smith.” They may tell parts of what happened or pretend it happened to someone else to test an adult’s reaction. Or, they may, when con-fronted with the abuse, say it didn’t hap-pen when it actually did because of fear or intimidation.• If adults respond negatively when a child discloses abuse, children may stop talking. It is estimated that children disclose abuse to an average of seven adults before some-one helps. It’s up to us to change that!• Rape Crisis Services offers crisis inter-vention, education, advocacy, activism and counseling. (310 W. Church St., Suite 103Champaign, IL 61820, Phone: (217) 355-5214; 24-Hour Hotline: (217) 355-5203;[email protected])

Across 1 Company behind “Mega

Man” and “Street Fighter”

7 Florida fullback, for short10 “That’s kinda funny!”14 Get there15 Biology class initials16 Borstein of “Family Guy”17 Drew Barrymore’s

grandfather’s brother18 A French military strate-

gist described it in 1918 as “an interesting toy” but “with no military value”

20 Company whose founder !rst proposed the busi-ness concept in a col-lege paper, earning a C

22 Sound from a tire with a hole in it

23 Celine Dion song “___ Colombe”

24 Inde!nitely long time25 “Clueless” catchphrase26 Abbr. in some town

names27 Basenji or borzoi30 Band originally snubbed

by a label that said “Guitar music is on the way out”

34 Give a damn35 Naturalist’s response to

pharmaceuticals36 Indicator on a dash-

board37 1998 Disney movie38 Opera buff’s subject39 Invention a British

parliamentarian claimed in 1903 would not lead

to a decline in riding horses

41 Earned a trophy42 Ready to be changed43 Little bit44 Folk singer Williams45 Designer Anna46 Suffer through the

stench, maybe49 Author whose master-

piece only started sell-ing well after he died

54 Item deemed by a hi-tech company president in 1977 to be unreason-able for home use

55 ___ control56 It’s northwest from

Napoli57 Pasture palindrome58 Piano practice pieces59 Gem from the Latin for

“precious stone”

60 It gets caught between the sheets

61 Craving

Down 1 ___ liver (delicacy in a

butcher shop)2 First sign3 Urges4 Motion pictures, overseas5 Runs into the ground6 Donald’s current wife7 Hillside, in Scotland8 Operating system

designed by AT&T employees

9 They go to the wall10 Van ___11 Rueful word12 Layers on the farm13 Paul Bunyan’s tool19 Paid players21 Omitted25 “Voulez-Vous” group26 Big name in household

hints27 Painter of trippy clocks28 Word before sex or

!xation29 KISS frontman Simmons30 Spring warmth31 Object of worship,

maybe32 McKeown of folk-rock33 Wasted34 Island where the daiquiri

was invented37 Inspire to act39 Fills with bubbles40 Shaped, in Britain42 National bank, for short44 Way too friendly child

psychologist in a “South Park” episode

46 “___ asked!”47 Rags-to-riches author

Horatio48 V "yers49 Procedure to “jump

through”50 Baby Spice’s real !rst name51 One of Nancy’s prede-

cessors52 Talking TV horse53 Radio host Don54 ___-Magnon man

jonesin CROSSWORD PUZZLE

“Don’t Listen to Them”--laugh now, look stupid later.

Solutions pg. 29

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A R I E S March 21 – April 19

T A U RU S April 20 – May 20When 46 English scholars completed their translation of the King James Bible in 1610, Taurus writer William Shakespeare was 46 years old. In their version of Psalm 46, the 46th word from the beginning is “shake” and the 46th word from the end is “spear.” Coincidence? I think not. Just as it’s no accident that a minute ago I !nished reading Psalm 46, and am now composing your horoscope for the period that begins February 15, which is the 46th day of the year. As I write, I’m sitting in a cafe located at 46 Cabrillo Highway in Half Moon Bay, CA. The people at the table next to me are celebrating their friend’s 46th birthday, and out the window I can see a runway where there’s a small plane with a 46 painted on its side. My conclusion? 46 is your lucky number, Taurus, and you’re about to harvest about 46 tons of eerily delightful synchronicities.

G E M I N I May 21 – June 20You seem to be suffering, although in an interesting way, from a metaphysical version of jet lag. Maybe it’s because you’ve been stretching your boundaries with such experimental vigor. Or maybe it’s because you’ve been engaging in a form of time-travel, exploring the past and future in your dreams and fantasies. In any case, you can take comfort in the knowledge that the warps and tweaks you’re dealing with are the results of your brave choices. Congratulations as well for having churned up the most useful riddles you’ve had to ponder since you jumped out of your skin last year.

C A N C E R June 21 – July 22I expect you’ll soon be communing with sore spots and deli-cate feelings, Cancerian. Allergies may be featured prominent-ly as well--if not the literal kind, then maybe the metaphorical version. People might be extra ticklish, sometimes to the point of irritability. And yet all the squirming will actually be a good sign. It’ll mean that one of your most confounding contradic-tions is close to being resolved. For best results, act decisively at the moment when your vulnerability is most intense.

L E O July 23 – Aug. 22Imagine this scene. You’re really thirsty--so dehydrated that you’re feeling faint. Yet here’s the weird thing: You’re walking along the bank of a wide river that’s so clear you could see the bottom if you looked. But you’re not looking. In fact, you seem oblivious to the surging force of nature just a few yards away. Is it invisible to you? Are you so preoccupied with your suffering that you’re blind to the very source that would end your suffering? Up ahead you see a man. As you approach, you see he’s holding a glass of water. You run to him and beg him to let you drink. He readily agrees. Gratefully, you guzzle the precious liquid, then thank him profusely. As you walk away, he calls after you, “By the way, there’s a lot more water over there,” and he points to the river. Do you hear him? If you hear him, do you believe him? Or do you keep walking, hoping to !nd another man with another glass somewhere up ahead?

V I R G O Aug. 23 – Sept. 22It’s time to take down the “Under Construction” signs and clean up the messes from your works in progress. At least for now, your heart has lost its drive for further renovation and rehabilitation. Whether you think you’re ready or not, then, it’s time for a grand re-opening. I suggest you offer free toasters or other incentives to pull in new clients, as well as to coax disaffected old ones into returning. It may also help to put up an “Under New Management” sign.

L I B R A Sept. 23 – Oct.22

S C O R P I O Oct. 23 – Nov. 21

S A G I T T A R I U S Nov. 22 – Dec. 21You want hot gold secrets to ripen in your dark candy soul? Then here’s what you do: Study the ocean’s memory for its teachings about moon victories. Extract a fresh green why from the book of storms you dreamed about. When the "owers’ clouds soar over your shadow, and when night’s funny sky has turned into warm moist roars, you’ll know exactly how to look through the sun to the other side of your best fear. (The preceding horoscope may sound crazily lyrical, even poetically feral, but it’s a perfect embodiment of the attitude you should cultivate in order to have a successful week.)

C A P R I C O R N Dec. 22 – Jan. 19I was watching Oprah’s TV show at 2 a.m. “Take off your shirt and look down,” she told me. I don’t automatically do everything the World’s Wealthiest Woman tells me, but I trust her a lot. So I did what she suggested. What she said next, however, revealed that she wasn’t actually talking to me. “Eight out of ten women are wearing the wrong bra!” she exclaimed. “Are you?” She then gave tips on how to select an undergarment that’s just right for a woman’s shape, size, and posture. I watched in perplexed awe. How could so many people be ignorant about such a fundamental thing? Later, while meditating on your astrological omens, I realized there’s a comparable phenomenon going on in your world. You’re missing something important about one of the basic facts of your life. Please !nd out what it is.

A Q U A R I U S Jan. 20 – Feb. 18In solidarity with eternal "ux and in the name of all that’s both rowdy and holy, I hereby declare change to be a good thing. Furthermore, in accordance with the astrological omens, I announce that change is especially healthy for you right now. I mean it, Aquarius. Change is not only not a bad thing. It’s downright wonderful. So let’s rise up bravely, you and I, and proclaim that change is the essential nature of the universe--that it’s one of the most prominent and resplendent qualities of God Herself. From now until forevermore, let’s agree to celebrate change, to welcome it, to revere it--starting this week. Amen, namasté, blessed be, shalom, and hallelujah!

P I S C E S Feb. 19 – March 20I believe you’re climbing up out of the primordial ooze for the last time. You’re done! Never again will you be fully immersed in the stinky depths of hell on earth! Never again will moody despair comprise more than 49 percent of your worldview. From now on, you will be smarter about how to avoid unnecessary pain and misery. You will also be a better escape artist. Now go buy yourself a graduation present.

Homework: Do a homemade ritual in which you vow to attract more blessings into your life. Report results by going to http://RealAstrology and clicking on “Email Rob.”

free will astrology FEB. 15 — FEB. 21

“My God, these folks don’t know how to love,” wrote novelist D. H. Lawrence, “that’s why they love so easily.” He certainly wasn’t referring to people from your tribe. You Scorpios may !nd it easy to entertain gusts of lust, but you’re too smart about real love to dive casually into its mysteries. You want to be a perpetual student who’s in humble awe of the primal power of deep attraction. You know intimately that no matter how sweet and light love may sometimes feel, it always has the potential to sweep you into the unpredictable depths and change everything forever. Meditate further on these matters; it’ll prepare you for the coming weeks.

“What have you learned so far this year?” I asked my newsletter’s readers recently. “I’ve learned that asking for what I want is the !rst step toward actually getting it,” wrote Sarah Pearson. “And I’ve learned that the journey you take to try and escape your fate can be as interesting as the fate itself.” Of all the lessons I’d love you to learn in the !rst half of 2007, Libra, those two are my favorites.

“Dear Rob: Could you please tell me how I can get the men I like to remove me from the pedestals they put me on? If something doesn’t change soon, I’ll have to call down the lightning and obliterate their delusions. Sorry if that sounds violent. It’s just that storms start building whenever I feel cramped by demands disguised as love. -Over-Idolized Aries.” Dear Over-Idolized: Good news! You’ve entered a phase that will be favorable for shattering naive projections and unrealistic expectations. You’ll also be skilled at escaping neediness that feels like a straitjacket.

Puzzle pg. 28

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L IKES AND GR IPES LET I T OUT

WHITNEY HARRISCopy EditorLIKES

1) My Roommates: I love all of my roommates! Our apartment is usually full and is always a fun place to be thanks to my very humorous and adventurous roomies. I will miss them all very much next year. I love Meagan Maldonado, Vanessa Torres and Christine Shea!2) Valentine’s Day: I had to put it in here. I have recently become a big fan of Valentine’s Day thanks to someone very important in my life. The last time I really looked forward to this holiday must have been !fth grade when I knew I was guaranteed to get at least 40 or 50 pieces of candy. Life certainly has gotten sweeter.3) Snow Days: I’m very happy the University of Illinois realized how absurd it would be to conduct classes during a blizzard warning. Lounging around all cozied-up in my apartment is a much better alternative to trudging through inches upon inches of snow to a class or two. Bring on the snow!

KERI CARPENTER Arts and EntertainmentEditorGRIPES

1) Professors who can’t get to class on time: Come on, you went to bed at 7:30 last night. If I can get up and make it to class on time after doing all that homework you assigned me, I’m sure you can get to class before the bell rings — just in time to set up that overhead projector. Of course, this does not apply to any of my professors.2) Cashiers who close their lane as soon as you put your groceries on the belt: I mean, clearly they saw you waiting in line for the past 10 minutes. How convenient that they turn out their light bulb and put up their “closed” sign as soon as you start digging in your buggy.3) People who think they are car proof:OK, Sherlock, it’s probably not the best idea to cross the street when there are two lanes of traf!c coming at you from your right and from your left. You are special, but you are not car proof. In the battle of man vs. steel, steel always prevails.

EVANGELINE POLITISCommunity EditorLIKES

1) Obama’s speech in Springfield: Though I almost lost a few digits to frostbite, it was de!nitely amazing to be at the Obama presidential announcement last Saturday. It reassured me that America may not fall apart just yet.2) Cider: I fell in love with this stuff while I was studying abroad this summer in London and was bemoaning how much I would miss it back home. But then I get back to the States and it’s everywhere. It’s like beer’s sweeter, apple-y-er brother. And now I am not made fun of for not drinking beer anymore.3) Urbana: We recycle and are quiet, what more can I say?

CARLYE WISELMusic EditorGRIPES

1) Sea Monkeys: After (accidentally) killing my two gold!sh, Jon Stewart and Steven Col-bert, last semester, I decided to get a pet that I could actually keep alive. I suppose feeding an invertebrate every other day was too much for me, since my “Sea Monkeys in theCity” tank is slowly turning into an aquatic grave. Sigh.2) The Grammys Red Carpet: I understand that it’s not the Oscars, but what the hell were those women wearing? It looked like an aluminum foil-themed Æ80s prom, with the shiny, sparkly frocks and frizzed-out, electri-cal socket hair.3) Guinness Beer: Ew. Ew! I am not man enough for this drink — I had a sip, and it tasted like rotten green olives. I’ll be sticking with good ol’ Captain and Coke from now on.

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HA! HA! Your sacarstic humorists Seth and

Michael are a lot of laughs. However, they

fundamentally misunderstand the smokefree issue

by assuming that public health regulation should

be conditioned upon a bar owner’s right to make

pro*ts and stay in business, even at the expense

of the public’s health. It’s not. No government is

under any obligation to maintain the pro*tability

of anyone’s business ventures at the expense of

the public good. If a regulation to protect health,

the environment or any other aspect of business

operation changes, businesses bear the cost. It

has always been so. And any business owner

knows that those who adapt to the new regulatory

environment stay in business. Those who do

not *le for Chapter 11, and I shed no tears for

any of them. I wish our new smokefree bars

much luck in adapting to our new, healthier

regulatory environment.

Scott P. HaysPresident CU Smokefree Alliance

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